Did you know that in the US, the first Saturday in September is National Hummingbird Day? You do now! And what a terrific bird to celebrate. Hummingbirds, such as the Anna"s hummingbird in this photo, are crucial to healthy ecosystems. Many flowers have evolved funnel-shaped blooms specifically to attract hummingbirds—large insects like bumblebees can’t always squeeze into these tubular blossoms. But hummingbirds can plunge their long, narrow bills deep into the blooms to find the nectar that accumulates in the base and in the process, they spread pollen from flower to flower.
Humming along
Today in History
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Horsetail Fall, Yosemite National Park, California
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Wander the ancient medina
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In Sicily, history is everywhere
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Climb a tree for wild animals and plants
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A cry for independence
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It’s Penguin Awareness Day
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Welcome to the Year of the Pig
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Back on the rise
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Squirrel Appreciation Day
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Sundance Film Festival opens in Park City
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Sanxiantai Dragon Bridge in Taitung, Taiwan
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Whales in winter
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Crimson-rumped toucanet in the Refugio Paz de Las Aves, Ecuador
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A bohemian feline
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A Flag Day tradition
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Kochelsee in Bavaria
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Winter solstice
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Road to Sa Calobra, Majorca, Spain
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To Roswell, and beyond!
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This grizzly has Napping Day down
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A different view of sharks
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Where the glow of the holidays lingers
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The meeting point of the winds
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Nazar amulets, Goreme National Park, Cappadocia, Turkey
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A shell of many colors
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Celebrating Chile’s Independence Day
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Composite image of a lunar eclipse
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The buzz about bees
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Pretty in pink, and purple, and red…
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Adorably evolutionary sea sheep