Birders

3catwoman3

(25,650 posts) Sun Oct 27, 2024, 06:32 PM Oct 27

What bird is this? In this week's Sunday LOL Cats, picture #5...

...shows a cute little mom bird and her 2 babies sheltering from the rain inside a flower. Completely charming picture.

I'd love to know what both the bird and the flower are.

Here's SalmonChantedEvening's LOL Cats from today:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10182085939

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What bird is this? In this week's Sunday LOL Cats, picture #5... (Original Post) 3catwoman3 Oct 27 OP

Hate to tell you this, but I don't think it's real. Conjuay Oct 27 #1

Hard to know in these days of AI, isn't it. 3catwoman3 Oct 27 #4

A female black chinned hummingbird MacKasey Oct 27 #2

The speckled throat certainly looks... 3catwoman3 Oct 27 #3

I think it's AI. carpetbagger Oct 27 #5

That is totally a fake image rockbluff botanist Oct 27 #6

Oh, well. It's charming nonetheless. 3catwoman3 Oct 27 #7

Hummers were Mom's favorite things about her garden ArkansasDemocrat1 Oct 27 #8

The Bee Hummingbird is the smallest hummingbird in the world: Donkees Oct 28 #9

Conjuay

(2,170 posts)

1. Hate to tell you this, but I don't think it's real.

Reply to 3catwoman3 (Original post)

Sun Oct 27, 2024, 06:37 PM

Oct 27

3catwoman3

(25,650 posts)

4. Hard to know in these days of AI, isn't it.

Reply to Conjuay (Reply #1)

Sun Oct 27, 2024, 06:45 PM

Oct 27

The next post does show a possibility - female black-chinned hummingbird.

MacKasey

(1,231 posts)

2. A female black chinned hummingbird

Reply to 3catwoman3 (Original post)

Sun Oct 27, 2024, 06:39 PM

Oct 27

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-chinned_hummingbird

Click on link
Let me know what you think

3catwoman3

(25,650 posts)

3. The speckled throat certainly looks...

Reply to MacKasey (Reply #2)

Sun Oct 27, 2024, 06:43 PM

Oct 27

...very similar to the featured photo.

I'll look for more images of this cutie. Thnx.

carpetbagger

(4,870 posts)

5. I think it's AI.

Reply to 3catwoman3 (Original post)

Sun Oct 27, 2024, 06:45 PM

Oct 27

Besides the photo overall, I can't think of a hummingbird that has that supercilium and cap, neither in North America nor in the parts of the tropics I've been in. Just for kicks I put it in Merlin, no ID.

rockbluff botanist

(360 posts)

6. That is totally a fake image

Reply to 3catwoman3 (Original post)

Sun Oct 27, 2024, 07:15 PM

Oct 27

Photoshop is a wonderful tool. I've used it since in inception.

3catwoman3

(25,650 posts)

7. Oh, well. It's charming nonetheless.

Reply to rockbluff botanist (Reply #6)

Sun Oct 27, 2024, 07:36 PM

Oct 27

ArkansasDemocrat1

(3,213 posts)

8. Hummers were Mom's favorite things about her garden

Reply to 3catwoman3 (Original post)

Sun Oct 27, 2024, 07:58 PM

Oct 27

We made sure our honeysuckle bush (the smell on a summer night is strong) stayed healthy for them, I saw quite a lot of green chinned ones and a few others.

Donkees

(32,437 posts)

9. The Bee Hummingbird is the smallest hummingbird in the world:

Reply to 3catwoman3 (Original post)

Mon Oct 28, 2024, 02:42 AM

Oct 28

Most likely the inspiration for the blossom photo. The blossom resembles an Abutilon. There are some photos of Bee Hummingbirds in the back pages of this group too.

The very smallest bird on Earth is the Bee Hummingbird, which can be found in the Zapata. (Cuba)

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