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References

Outline

• Behavior • Habitat• Anatomy• Diet• Breeding• Migration

• Beat their wings ~15 to ~70 bps

Size of Hummingbirds Bee Hummingbird

Giant hummingbird

http://img.designswan.comhttp://clas.berkeley.edu

• Lives in Cuba• 2.5 inches long

• Lives in South America• 8 inches long

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Second largest family: ~360 species

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Allen’s Ruby-throatedBroad-tailed

Xantus Lucifer Lucifer White-eared

Rufous Calliope Violet-crowned

http://www.hummingbirds.net/violetcrowned.html

Anatomy of Hummers

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/

• Intelligence• Can’t Walk and Smell• Body temperature ~40 degree• Heart rate ~1,200 bpm • Life span ~5 years

How to understand their gender?

buildyourownbirdhouseplans.com male female

Do you know a bird can fly back?

http://shawnhull.com/

scatteredsquirrels.tumblr.com

A bird is hovering!

Feeding

http://www.natureartists.com

• Eat every ~15 minutes• Highest metabolism in the warm blooded

Pollen Beak

Fighting hummingbirds

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7654676@N05/447705253

Bathing

Sleeping Time

http://a_greentree.blog.friendster.com/

During torpor:• Heart rate ~ 50 bps• Body temp ~ 20 degree

• Save 60% energy

Breeding

www.learner.org/jnorth/tm/ www.birdwatching.com/

http://www.coralreefphotos.com

Ready to go!

www.mommamuse.com/

http://www.jpopstudios.com/images

•Passengers on Geese!•Fly ~20 miles/day ~1600km •Researcher put band their leg

Migration

• ~30% fatten up before migrate• Don’t fly from high

http://www.the-scoop-on-wild-birds-and-feeders.com

How to attract hummingbirds?• Food Bee BalmButterfly BushRose of Sharon

Trumpet Vine

• Enough space• Sunlight

Friendly bird

http://www.motherearthsgarden.com