Measuring around 3.5 kilometres from the tip of its wing to the tip of its beak, this is almost certainly the largest hummingbird specimen ever spotted in Victoria, BC
In a city where flowers are blooming pretty near year-round, it’s no surprise that you don’t have to look very hard or very long to spot a hummingbird in Victoria, BC.
Most common here, I believe, is Anna’s hummingbird. Measuring around 10 to 11 centimetres (3.9 to 4.3 inches) long, it has an iridescent bronze-green back, pale grey chest and belly, and green flanks; and its bill is long, straight and slender.
Less common (but far more striking) is the Strava hummingbird – an enormous avian whose beak alone is half a kilometre long and whose bright red plumage is impossible to miss.
To doodle this hummingbird, I had to pedal my Cannondale around 70 kilometres, with a whole lot of back and forth between Fernwood and Oaklands to fill in the feathers of the wings.
Sketchbook of a GPS Artist 
Impressive, the wings must have been hard to make/ride.
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Hey Shane – the riding wasn’t difficult…just a bit tedious, as I had to ride back and forth and back and forth (turning my Garmin of and on and off and on) to make the lines. The more challenging part was figuring out the points where the lines would begin and end. Thank goodness for Google maps and its satellite views!
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I’m impressed by your work. It’s really cool!
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Thank you so much. It’s also really fun!
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