I’m fascinated with hummingbirds, plain and simple.
These incredible little birds are really how I learned most of what I know today regarding bird photography but that, however, will be another blog post for another day.
Today, I had the urge to flip my camera to video mode and record what I think was a female broadtail hummingbird that was occasionally coming to my backyard feeder.
It’s not often you get to see a hummingbird’s wingbeats in super slow motion so today I changed the settings on my camera which allowed me to slow the video I posted below way down to only 1/10th the normal speed to really highlight just how a hummingbird moves its wings when it flies.
The first 20 seconds is the hummingbird at full speed and after that, it’s the same clip but slowed down to only 1/10th the speed.
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(Hummingbird Wingbeats In Super Slow Motion. For short nature clips like this one and interesting stories about the natural world around us, check out our Bear River Blogger channel on YouTube for videos and updates from our travels while out in nature, both on and off of the famed Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge.)
Average hummingbird wingbeats for North American hummingbirds have been said to be around 50 beats per second when they are flying normally and can be much higher at times when needed.
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