I have lost count of the times I have laughed aloud at some little comedy unfolding before me as I was out filming. One involved a hummingbird which would regularly visit the bright orange/red flowers of the trumpet creeper along the edge of the Patuxent. The blossoms usually have a horizontal orientation like the one pictured. The flower tube was so long that, to reach the back with it's tongue, the hummer had to force it's way in to a point where the flower became so restricted, the hummer could no longer move it's wings. The weight of the bird would then cause the blossom, like an elevator car, to drop towards the ground and the hummingbird would back out to try again.
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