Check out this photo of a verdin watching a honeybee…then check out this photo–perhaps verdins are behind Colony Collapse Disorder?
The photographer listed as nnitzky on Flickr wrote, “While waiting for hummingbirds to arrive at my feeder, this little verdin (Auriparus flaviceps) landed on my honeysuckle bush. I took a series of images of it as this bee flew right at it. The bird lunged forward to try to grab the bee, but the bee made a quick evasive maneuver and escaped unharmed.”
Cool photos, nnitzky!
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Thanks for the plug, Sharon! Shameless self promotion- you can check out more of my birds, etc. (and higher quality than flickr displays) at http://nnitzky.smugmug.com
Thanks for noticing! You can se more at http://nnitzky.smugmug.com (better quality than at the other site) I’m fairly new to birds and not so new to photography, having done it professionally in an earlier iteration of my life. I enjoy it much more now that my mortgage payment doesn’t depend on it… Still very much a novice when it comes to birds- So much to learn! Feel free to leave comments & constructive criticism
Nathan