Hummingbird at a Flower

Caught hovering in mid-air, this tiny hummingbird spreads its blurred, fast-beating wings beside a large trumpet-shaped flower and dips its long needle-thin beak deep into the bloom, with a small streamlined body and a neat fanned tail. The blurred wings and the big flower give the page a lively sense of motion, and the contrast between the small bird and the large blossom makes it a fun, balanced scene to color. Hummingbirds are the only birds that can fly backward, and their wings beat so fast they make a humming sound — that's how they got their name. They use those slender beaks to sip sweet nectar from flowers. Make the flower a bold red or pink and the hummingbird a shimmering green, or invent your own jewel tones. Print it on US Letter or A4 and let the tiny bird hover on your wall.