Purple-throated Woodstar
						
						
							Tandayapa, Ecuador   –   August 6, 2006
						
						
							— Ralph Paonessa
							
								Canon EOS-1D Mark II   *   EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM +2x   *   ISO 160   *   1/250 sec @ f/16
							
						 
						
							One of the smallest hummingbirds in the world, this woodstar hovers like a bumblebee.
						 
						
							Photo ID: 20060806-12