Arizona Ruby Humming Bird Painting

Painting of Ruby Humming Bird with Cactus Blossoms by Bob Johnston...... more

by Bob and Nadine Johnston

Title

Arizona Ruby Humming Bird Painting

Artist

Bob and Nadine Johnston

Medium

Painting - 27 Styles & Brushes - 25 Frame-able Gifts Of Art $57 - Painted By Hand With 27 Styles Of Brushes Size 00-20.

Description

Painting of Ruby Humming Bird with Cactus Blossoms by Bob Johnston...
Starting with the photograph of the Cactus, added the Hummingbird.
Normally Humming birds migrate, but in recent years many have been staying around locally and are found in lower areas where it is warmer. We have Annas Humming birds coming to our feeder almost year round. In the Phoenix area there are Humming birds all over the Valley year round.
Hummingbirds are birds that are among the smallest of birds, most species measuring 3.5 in range. Indeed, the smallest extant bird species is a hummingbird, the 5-cm Bee Hummingbird. They hover in mid-air by rapidly flapping their wings 12-80 times per second (depending on the species). They are known as hummingbirds because of the humming sound created by their beating wings, which sometimes sounds like bees or other insects. A group of hummingbirds is called a "choir." To conserve energy while they sleep or when food is scarce, they have the ability to go into a hibernation-like state (torpor) where their metabolic rate is slowed to 1/15th of its normal rate. When the nights get colder, their body temperature can drop significantly and thus slow down their heart and breathing rate, thus burning much less energy overnight. As the day heats back up, the hummingbird's body temperature will come back up and they resume their normal activity. They are also the only group of birds with the ability to fly backward. They can fly at speeds exceeding 34 mph. Individuals from some species of hummingbirds weigh less than a penny.

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December 13th, 2014