Anna’s Hummingbird

(Calypte anna)

The male Anna’s Hummingbird has a spectacular courtship display. He rises to approximately 130 feet in the air then makes a nose dive straight down. At the bottom he makes a bizarre, noisy squeaking sound created by air rushing through his tail feathers as he stops within a couple feet of the object of his affections!

Photographed in Oceanside, Oregon, USA.