The male wire-crested thorntail hummingbird pulls out all the stops to court his mate. | National Geographic Animals

Three facts about the four-inch Anna's hummingbird? It can lick a flower up to 15 times a second, weighs as much as three almonds and hovers while feeding through its forked tongue. Using high-speed cameras, Explorer @AnandVarmaPhotographer slowed down the mesmerizing movements of this bird 100 times to capture what is normally too fast to see with the naked eye. #NationalHummingbirdDay | National Geographic Society

Where human eyes see only a hovering spot of color, high-speed cameras capture the breathtaking maneuvers of a hummingbird in flight. http://on.natgeo.com/2sY92F8 | National Geographic History