Birding Articles - Hummingbird Hand Feeding Hummingbirds! Wait for them, and they will come... patience is the key to feeding hummingbirds by hand. read article»
How One Great Barber Turned Into One Great Hummingbird Bander! Larry Witherspoon is not your regular neighborhood Barber. In his spare time Larry loves spending time with his grandchildren, hunting, playing golf and banding hummingbirds. What!? A Barber who also bands hummingbirds – really? read article»
Hummingbird Stunt Action - For Real! The most amazing part of Clarks study is the speed at which this dive is performed by the male Anna's hummingbird. read article»
Listen... To The Hummingbird Tail Chirp! It was long believed that the chirp was a vocal sound, not a sound made by the spreading of feathers. read article»
Hummingbirds, Start Your Engines! So why do hummingbirds migrate? It is believed that the first hummingbird species developed during the ice age. read article»
What DO Hummingbirds See? We’ve all seen plenty of red hummingbird feeders, but do you know why? read article»
The Drifters: Hummingbirds in Winter Did you know about the "winter" hummingbirds?
Certified bird banders do. Their banding season peaks in mid-to-late January when the maximum number of hummingbirds are present in various southern states. So, forget the myths that hummingbirds are strictly warm friendly animals - it's obvious these tiny creatures are around all year!. read article» The Little Engine That Could Hummingbirds are small, but powerful engines that consume one and a half, up to three times their weight in food everyday. You can imagine that eating this much food uses up a good portion of their time and energy, which is why we rarely see them doing otherwise. read article» To Catch A Hummingbird Can you imagine making a figure-8 with your arms 80 times within one second? Well, we all know this isn’t humanly possible, but it is hummingbird possible. Hummingbirds are incredible athletes reaching their maximum velocity within seconds after take off. They don’t even use the help of their legs as momentum – it’s all in the wings! read article»
The Sun in Disguise: Hummingbird myths and legends There is a great deal of speculation and ancient myths associated with hummingbirds. Scientists, explorers, and various native tribes who first discovered these tiny birds, named them by myths they believed in and by their magnificent colored feathers. Here are just a few... read article» Anatomy Of A Hummingbird: What makes up these tiny birds? Did you know there are between 328-340 hummingbird species! So how can the bodies of these tiny creatures conform to various climates and environments? To answer this question, we need to learn more about the hummingbird anatomy. read article» |