EarthSky Community Photos

Submit your photo here. Comment or upvote on photo pages. Search via photographers' names. More improvements coming! To help, please donate.

Stephanie Becker
San Francisco Bay Area, Moraga
04/01/2021
10:00 am

Equipment Details:

Canon EOS 70D

Image Details:

At first, I thought this was water coming from this hummingbird’s mouth, but it is actually the tongue. Hummingbirds drink nectar using tongues that are so long that, when retracted, they coil up inside the birds' heads, around their skulls and eyes.