why does the author say the hummingbird look like a bright flash of sunlight
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The most beautiful humming birds are found in the West Indies and South
America. The crest of the tiny head of one of these shines like a sparkling
crown of colored light. The shades of color that adorn its breast are equally
brilliant. As the bird flits from one object to another, it looks more like a bright
flash of sunlight than it does like a living being.
But, you ask, why are they called humming birds? It is because they make a
soft, humming noise by the rapid motion of their wings—a motion so rapid,
that as they fly, you can hardly see that they have wings.
One day when walking in the woods, I found the nest of one of the smallest
humming birds. It was about half the size of a very small hen's egg, and it was
attached to a twig no thicker than a steel knitting needle. It seemed to have
been made of cotton fibers and was covered with the softest bits of leaf and
bark. It had two eggs in it, and each was about as large as a small sugarplum.
When you approach the spot where one of these birds has built its nest, it is
necessary to be careful. The mother bird will dart at you and try to peck your
eyes. Its sharp beak may hurt your eyes most severely, and even destroy your
sight. The poor little thing knows no other way of defending its young, and
instinct teaches it that you might carry off its nest if you find it.
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the poet said this because each means to say that when hummingbirds comes near the flower its suck juice like bright flash of sunlight