Jan. 23 - updated photo. The hummingbird tongue is a very unique and specialized tongue. Try 'Googling' it and you will find some high-speed videos that show how it actually captures nectar and liquids.
Jan. 19 - It appears he can now retract his tongue completely. You can just see a short bit of his tongue sticking out from his lower bill in the third shot. Major thaw now with rain and above freezing, which will make all hummers here happier.
Jan. 17 - We had about 8 inches of snow overnight. The boy is still coming to feeder. You can barely see his tongue against the white snow, but it still remains out about 1/4 - 1/2 inch.
A few days ago I noticed this male Anna's tongue was sticking out about twice as far as in this photo. The sad thing is that it appears he can no longer retract his tongue all the way. He seems to have no problem at the feeder and still chirps to attract females. I understand that children can have tongue-tie at birth, but no idea what happened to this hummer's tongue.
Jan. 23 - updated photo. The hummingbird tongue is a very unique and specialized tongue. Try 'Googling' it and you will find some high-speed videos that show how it actually captures nectar and liquids.
Jan. 19 - It appears he can now retract his tongue completely. You can just see a short bit of his tongue sticking out from his lower bill in the third shot. Major thaw now with rain and above freezing, which will make all hummers here happier.
Jan. 17 - We had about 8 inches of snow overnight. The boy is still coming to feeder. You can barely see his tongue against the white snow, but it still remains out about 1/4 - 1/2 inch.
A few days ago I noticed this male Anna's tongue was sticking out about twice as far as in this photo. The sad thing is that it appears he can no longer retract his tongue all the way. He seems to have no problem at the feeder and still chirps to attract females. I understand that children can have tongue-tie at birth, but no idea what happened to this hummer's tongue.
Jan. 19 - It appears he can now retract his tongue completely. You can just see a short bit of his tongue sticking out from his lower bill in the third shot. Major thaw now with rain and above freezing, which will make all hummers here happier.
Jan. 17 - We had about 8 inches of snow overnight. The boy is still coming to feeder. You can barely see his tongue against the white snow, but it still remains out about 1/4 - 1/2 inch.
A few days ago I noticed this male Anna's tongue was sticking out about twice as far as in this photo. The sad thing is that it appears he can no longer retract his tongue all the way. He seems to have no problem at the feeder and still chirps to attract females. I understand that children can have tongue-tie at birth, but no idea what happened to this hummer's tongue.
Jan. 17 - We had about 8 inches of snow overnight. The boy is still coming to feeder. You can barely see his tongue against the white snow, but it still remains out about 1/4 - 1/2 inch.
A few days ago I noticed this male Anna's tongue was sticking out about twice as far as in this photo. The sad thing is that it appears he can no longer retract his tongue all the way. He seems to have no problem at the feeder and still chirps to attract females. I understand that children can have tongue-tie at birth, but no idea what happened to this hummer's tongue.
A few days ago I noticed this male Anna's tongue was sticking out about twice as far as in this photo. The sad thing is that it appears he can no longer retract his tongue all the way. He seems to have no problem at the feeder and still chirps to attract females. I understand that children can have tongue-tie at birth, but no idea what happened to this hummer's tongue.
