Hummingbirds Archives - Nature in Flight

Who doesn’t love birds congregating in their yard? Hummingbirds are quite majestic to behold. These quick, agile birds are a member of the Trochilidae family and are the smallest bird species known to man.

On average, they measure only three to five inches, and weigh about two-and-a-half grams. Hummingbirds are marked by their colorful appearance, with varieties appearing in bright blues, greens, and the like. Most notable, though, is the Hummingbird’s great speed. They fan fly at more than thirty-four miles an hour and flap their wings more than fifty times a second. As such, they have a high metabolism, the greatest of any homeothermic animal.

They’re beautiful birds, and to give them a boost (plus attract them to your yard), you’ll need a quality hummingbird feeder to supply them with nutrients when they decide to hang around your property.

So what is the best hummingbird feeder? [Read more…]

They can be as small as a length of a finger and weigh as little as a penny.

Their wings flap 50 times per second, and their metabolism is so fast that they eat half their weight in sugar every day.

They were revered in some cultures. Aztecs, for instance, believed that fallen warriors would return to Earth as these creatures.

They are hummingbirds, and this is an overview on what they eat, how they eat, and how you can bring them to your yard.

Hummingbirds are New World birds, in that they reside solely in the the Americas. They live as far north as southern Alaska and as far south as Tierra del Fuego, the southern-most tip of South America.

The majority inhabit the more temperate climate of Central America, with other species migrating there during the onset of winter in the different hemispheres.

They are known for certain distinctive traits and they have a pronounced bill that is slender and can be used to eat and to chase off competition at the same time.

Their bill is a handy bit of evolution for hummingbirds, as it remarks on their food source and why they’ve spread throughout the Americas when other species have disappeared.

So what do hummingbirds eat? Read on to learn more about these amazing creatures and how to attract them to your yard. [Read more…]

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