...Shielding gauze outspread

Jewelled coryphee With quivering wings like shielding gauze outspread.
Ednah Proctor Clarke (Hayes)

Source: Humming-Bird
Definition
hum·ming·bird [huhm-ing-burd]
noun
a very small nectar-sipping New World bird of the family Trochilidae, characterized by the brilliant, iridescent plumage of the male, a slender bill, and narrow wings, the extremely rapid beating of which produces a humming sound: noted for their ability to hover and to fly upward, downward, and backward in a horizontal position.

The hummingbird has a forked tongue which is lined with hair-like extensions called lamellae. When inside the flower, the tongue separates and the lamellae extend outward. As the bird pulls its tongue in, the tips come together and the lamellae roll inward. This action traps the nectar within the tongue.

Hummingbird tongue video

Shy Mrs. Sharpie

Artful Sharpie


Check my shot from last year, my first camera...

For the Record,
This day came in with rain, cool temps, 54degrees f, 95% humidity, falling barometer.