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Bird Watchers : Hummingbird Trivia
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From: MSN NicknameHappyHomeCookin1  (Original Message)Sent: 6/10/2003 3:51 AM
Hummingbird Trivia 
 
How Many Facts About Hummers Do You Know?  
 
Are you ready for some fun trivia about hummingbirds? See how many you can answer correctly. Will you be a  hummingbird expert??
 
Questions:
  1. What continents are hummingbirds found on? 
  2. Which northern hummingbird mainly ranges east of the Mississippi River?
  3. Hummingbirds have the most rapid metabolism of any bird. What is the average heart rate of a hummingbird?
  4. How many different species of hummers nest in Canada? Which ones?
  5. Do hummingbirds only feed on nectar?
  6. How do hummingbirds conserve energy on cool nights?
  7. Female Allen's Hummingbirds are almost identical to what other North American bird?
  8. What is the smallest hummingbird?
  9. What are hummingbirds' nests made from?
  10. What U.S. state has the most hummingbird species spotted?

 

 Answers:

  1. Hummingbirds are found in North and South America, including Central America and some Caribbean islands.
  2. Ruby-throated Hummingbirds .
  3. The average heartbeat for hummingbirds is 1,260 beats a minute!
  4. Four different species nest in Canada. They are the Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Black-chinned Hummingbird, Rufous Hummingbird, and the Calliope Hummingbird.
  5. No, hummingbirds also eat small insects that are a souce of protein for these birds.
  6. Hummingbirds enter a state called torpor. During this time, thier body temperature drops, metabolism falls to a fraction of their daytime metabolism rate, and their heartbeat slows. They seem almost in a trance.
  7. Female Broad-tailed Hummingbirds
  8. The Bee Hummingbird in Cuba and on the Isle of Pines. The males are only 2.25 inches in length. These hummingbirds are also the smallest known birds in the world.
  9. Hummingbirds construct their nests from lichen, spider webs, plant down and tiny twigs.
  10. What country has the most species spotted? 14 species of hummingbirds have been spotted in Arizona. Columbia has the most hummingbird species with at least 143 species spotted. 
  


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From: MSN NicknameHappyHomeCookin1Sent: 2/21/2005 4:33 AM

NATURE NOTES

Hummingbirds

Hummingbirds return to the same nesting area each year, so if you attract a pair, you may well see them again and again. Nests are cup shaped and less than two inches across. They usually straddle a small crotch on a down-sloping branch, and are lined with downy plant fibers bound together with spider web and camouflaged with moss and lichens. Trees preferred for nesting include oak, pine, hornbeam, yellow birch, poplar and hackberry.
 
Researchers believe hummingbirds may learn and remember locations of rewarding food sources through use of spatial and color cues. Thus, when you set up your hanging baskets, or any feeders, site them near perches the birds may use and do not move them around.