gsa BIRDS 



his body nearly perpendicular, he seems to hang in front of 

 the flowers which he probes so hurriedly, one after another, 

 with his long, slender bill. That long, tubular, fork-shaped 

 tongue may be sucking up the nectar from those rather 

 small cylindrical blossoms or it may be capturing tiny 

 insects housed away there. Much more like a large sphynx 

 moth hovering and humming over the flowers in the dusky 

 twilight than a bird appears this delicate, fairy-like beauty. 



