On a cloudy gray day the hummingbird cheers one up! I was stil taking pictures when the fine drizzle started. There are tiny raindrops on the top of his head. With a slight tilt of his head a necklace of iridescent red orange appeared around his neck.

According to Lorna Gibson, a retired materials-science professor from MIT, hummingbird feathers create their magical effects by capturing, bending, and reflecting beams of sunlight using almost inconceivably tiny structures built into their feathers.

Nikon P1000

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