Hummingbirds are small birds that can beat their wings extremely fast, up to 70 beats per second. They range in size from the Bee Hummingbird at just 2.5 inches long to the Giant Hummingbird which can reach 8 inches. Hummingbirds have a high metabolism and must feed very frequently, eating nearly constantly to support their high energy lifestyle and fast wing beats. They are found throughout the Americas and some species migrate long distances each year while others are year-round residents of certain habitats.

1. HUMMINGBIRDS by Hatice Oncel http://desktop-cool-wallpapers.blogspot.com / October 20,2009

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3. Outline Behavior Habitat Anatomy Diet Breeding Migration

4. Beat their wings ~15 to ~70 bps

5. Size of Hummingbirds Bee Hummingbird Giant hummingbird http://img.designswan.com http://clas.berkeley.edu Lives in Cuba 2.5 inches long Lives in South America 8 inches long

6. 135 Second largest family: ~360 species 163 100 97 84 50 24 8 27

7. Allen’s Broad-tailed Xantus Lucifer Lucifer White-eared Rufous Calliope Violet-crowned http://www.hummingbirds.net/violetcrowned.html Ruby-throated

8. Anatomy of Hummers

9. http://farm1.static.flickr.com/ Intelligence Can’t Walk and Smell Body temperature ~40 degree Heart rate ~ 1,2 0 0 bpm Life span ~5 years

10. How to understand their gender? buildyourownbirdhouseplans.com male female

11. Do you know a bird can fly back? http://shawnhull.com/

12. scatteredsquirrels.tumblr.com A bird is hovering!

13. Feeding http://www.natureartists.com Eat every ~15 minutes Highest metabolism in the warm blooded

14. Pollen Beak

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

16. Bathing

17. Sleeping Time http://a_greentree.blog.friendster.com/ During torpor: Heart rate ~ 50 bps Body temp ~ 20 degree Save 60% energy

18. Breeding www.learner.org/jnorth/tm/ www.birdwatching.com/ http://www.coralreefphotos.com

19. Ready to go! www.mommamuse.com/

20. http://www.jpopstudios.com/images Passengers on Geese! Fly ~20 miles/day ~1600km Researcher put band their leg

21. Migration ~30% fatten up before migrate Don’t fly from high

22. http://www.the-scoop-on-wild-birds-and-feeders.com How to attract hummingbirds? Food Bee Balm Butterfly Bush Rose of Sharon Trumpet Vine Enough space Sunlight

23. Friendly bird http://www.motherearthsgarden.com