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A close up of a red flower on a black background. Passion flower flower blossom.
A bunch of red flowers in a bush. Garden flowers green.
A white dandelion sitting on top of a lush green field. Dandelion nature summer.
A pink and yellow flower with green leaves in the background. Daylily lily flower.
A close up of a red and yellow flower. Flower love delicacy, emotions.
A bunch of blue flowers in a field. Flower blue blossom.
A close up of a red flower on a black background. Passion flower flower blossom.
A close up of a white flower with a yellow center. Daisy flower blossom.
A painting of a yellow flower in a garden. Dahlia hybrid yellow.
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Hummingbird resting, Mesa Verde National Park, 2015.
Common collared lizard (Crotaphytus collaris), Mesa Verde National Park, 2015.
Weasel with its prey, Mesa Verde National Park, 2015.
Hummingbird, Capitol Reef National Park, 2015.
Cliff dwelling, Mesa Verde National Park, 2015.
Male wild turkey displaying, Mesa Verde National Park, 2015.
Prairie rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis), Mesa Verde National Park, 2015.
White-winged dove chick, Saguaro National Park, 2015.
Green sea turtle grazing, Virgin Islands National Park, 2015.
Hummingbird feeding, Mesa Verde National Park, 2015.
Summary
Mesa Verde National Park participates in several migratory bird monitoring projects, including 'Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship' (MAPS) and another project through the 'Hummingbird Monitoring Network' (HMN). Hummingbirds are New World birds of the Trochilidae family. The smallest extant bird species is, probably not surprisingly, a hummingbird: the 5-cm bee hummingbird that weighs less than a U.S. penny! Typically, hummingbirds wing-flap at a rate of around 50 times per second which allows them to fly at speeds exceeding 34 mph, backwards. Given this, it should come as no surprise that hummingbirds have the highest metabolism of any homeothermic (i.e., animals that maintain a stable internal body temperature regardless of external influence) animal.