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Mask permits bird's-eye views with hummingbirds

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November 1, 2009 1:35 am
By Sheila Lennon

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Helmet feeder attracts hummingbirds just inches from your face . Daily Mail Online, the Brits:



A new helmet with a built-in bird feeder will allow wearers to get amazing face to face contact with nature.

The flighty birds hover in front of the wearer's face for up to 30 seconds as they drink a sugar-water solution from between the eyes of the feeder mask.

The wearable hummingbird feeder is covered in images of red rhododendrons to further attract the birds and protects your eyes and face from being pecked...

Eye to eye with a hummingbird is okay. The flower camouflage is odd ("Hi! I'm the elf in the flowers") but if it's more effective, I understand..

Hummingbirds' wings beat 8 to 10 120 times per second. The human eye does not see them frozen in a millisecond of time, and cannot separate the many images, as a camera can. We see a blur. Maybe this close, you can see a frozen moment. Until the bird sees your eyes...

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