Blossoms and Bees: Hummingbirds

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Hummingbirds

Hummingbirds are very interesting birds, and they happen to be in our backyard. My favorite hummingbird would have to be the ruby necked hummingbird (which is one of the most common hummingbird in the United States).

Questions.

How fast can hummingbirds fly?

Hummingbirds can beat their wing 60-200 times in a second.

What can I do to attract hummingbirds?

You can put up a hummingbird feeder and they might come. Our feeder is red and it has sugar water in it. We have lots of hummingbirds but we haven't been lucky catching them with the camera.

Other then putting up a feeder what can I do?

You can plant red flowers right near the feeder or/and you can tie red ribbon to your feeder to atract them to your feeder.

How many miles per hour can hummingbirds fly?

They can fly up to 60 mph.

I love watching the hummingbirds and these are what my brothers named the ones that visit our feeder:

Big Girl
Matthew
Sam
Mary

September 15, 2006 in Posted by MaryBeth | Permalink

Comments

I just love hummingbirds! Your idea of tying a red ribbon around the feeder is terrific! We are trying to learn more about these amazing little birds. Now they are flying away for the winter. I will miss them.

Posted by: Jenn Miller | September 18, 2006 at 07:43 PM

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