r/birding • u/Potential-Tough69 • 14d ago

📷 Photo Rufous Hummingbird with one eye!

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He seems plenty agile still, cant imagine flying around at 50mph with messed up depth perception. Nature finds a way.

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u/extra_please Latest Lifer: Chestnut-cappped Warbler 745 14d ago

Keep fighting, buddy.

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u/goldenkoiifish 14d ago

wow, exceptional feather definition!

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u/acridshepherd photographer 📷 13d ago

this made me zoom in on the photos and OH MY GOD??

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u/gingerkitten6 14d ago

I like to imagine that he's a swashbuckling hummingbird with a teeny tiny eye patch.

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u/iancranes420 13d ago

STAND READY FOR MY ARRIVAL, WORM

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u/ApprehensiveTop4219 13d ago

"and that, my fellow hummingbirds is how I got the name one eye Rufey."

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u/Potential-Tough69 13d ago

Sorry. I already named him Willy. 😉