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Hummingbird Tongue

Hummingbird Tongue

This precious bird sits outside my window every morning, guarding "her" feeder from other hummers. Sometimes you see her long little tongue flick in ...
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This precious bird sits outside my window every morning, guarding "her" feeder from other hummers. Sometimes you see her long little tongue flick in and out. It took several hundred tries to catch that fast little motion! She makes "Kiss" look like an amateur!
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Thanks! These guys really make me smile, and they're right in my back yard, so I don't have far to go!

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