Hummingbirds 101

[VictoryinJesus]

Time to put up hummingbird feeders and to put a little research into the bird...

1. A hummingbird's heart beats up to 1,260 times a minute
2. Hummingbirds have excellent memories and can come back to the same feeders every year
3. Male hummingbirds can travel more than 1,000 miles without taking a single break.
4. Have the intelligence to build nice nests
5. Having only brains about the size of a grain of rice,

I am getting my hummingbird feeders ready now! Believing these little creatures were designed by the creative power of God!

Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls? - Luke 12:24

Interesting. I’ve never seen a hummingbirds nest. Every thing about them is so small..even their nest! I wonder how tiny a hummingbird baby is?

I just put up feeders after I was sitting outside and heard a buzzing near my ear. I knew the sound as it’s very distinct. Sure enough as I turned my head to see, it flew away. I guess it was letting me know it’s time for feeders.

 

[Ritajanice]

Hummingbirds arrived at my place mid-April. I have already filled my feeder twice and am hoping for better pictures...

I wish we had these beautiful little birds Living in the U.K.

I guess it’s to cold here for them?.

Have you see our big fat pigeons....boy do they make a mess, they perch on the tv aerial...my decking is covered in their poop....I know they have to be fed as well...they make such a mess though... puts me off feeding the other birds...I may start another topic of all the different birds we get to feed and see in all the different countries.

 

[Bob]

Two Hummingbird (“teenage”) siblings squabbling in their nest.
H1: “keep your claws on your side”!
H2: “keep your wing out of my face”.
Both: “Mom!”

Young hummingbird teetering on the edge of the nest: “No, no way. Fly? Too scary. Mom!”