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	Hummingbird - MSN Encarta
		Hummingbirds are known for their rapid flight; their strong wing beat is so rapid that it produces a hum, which accounts for their common name.
		Hummingbirds occur in every portion of the Americas, from Tierra del Fuego, at the southern tip of South America, almost to the Arctic Circle, but the majority of species inhabit tropical South America.
		The ruby-throated hummingbird is about 10 cm (about 4 in) long and is notable for its long-distance migration, annually flying nonstop across the Gulf of Mexico, a minimum distance of 800 km (500 mi).
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761579118/Hummingbird.html (676 words)

	Hummingbirds
		Studies of hummingbirds' metabolism are highly relevant to the question of whether a migrating Ruby-throated Hummingbird can cross 800 km (500 miles) of the Gulf of Mexico on a nonstop flight, as field observations suggest it does.
		For nectar, hummingbirds will happily take artificial nectar from man-made feeders Such feeders allow people to observe and enjoy hummingbirds up-close while providing the hummingbirds with a reliable supply of nectar, especially when flower blossoms are less abundant.The feeders can be placed as high as 60 meters maximum.
		Hummingbirds are thought by evolutionary biologists to have evolved in South America, and the great majority of the species are found there.
	www.avianweb.com /hummingbirds.htm (1715 words)

	Bee Hummingbird - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Female bee hummingbirds are bluish green with a pale gray underside.
		The bee hummingbird is the world's smallest homeothermic vertebrate.
		Bee hummingbirds also have the fewest feathers of all birds.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bee_Hummingbird (355 words)

	Bee Hummingbirds
		The Bee Hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae) is a hummingbird, and the smallest of all birds (with the male being smaller than the female of the species).
		Bee hummingbirds eat half their total body mass and drink 8 times their total body mass in water each day.
		The bee hummingbird can be found in woodland, shrubbery, and gardens in Cuba and the Isle of Pines.
	www.avianweb.com /beehummingbirds.html (323 words)

	Hummingbird, Birds, Hummingbird, Bird Pictures, Catalog, Encyclopedia
		The smallest is the bee hummingbird, Mellisuga helenae, about 5 cm (2 in) long; half that length consists of bill and tail.
		Hummingbirds are strong fliers and have exceptional flight characteristics for birds: they can hover and also fly backwards.
		Hummingbirds typically have very short legs and small feet, which they use for perching but generally not for walking or running.
	www.4to40.com /earth/geography/htm/birdsindex.asp?counter=52 (490 words)

	Hummingbird facts such as Hummingbird nest size, Hummingbird egg size and smallest and largest Hummingbird.
		Hummingbirds are very territorial and will perch in trees, vines or bushes, between feedings to watch the area.....
		As the Hummingbirds lap up the nectar, pollen from the bloom is rubbed off onto the Hummingbirds, then carried by the Hummingbirds to the next bloom as it continues to feed.
		Hummingbirds all make a humming sound through the rapid movement of their wings, when they are in flight.
	howtoenjoyhummingbirds.com /hummingbird_facts.htm (997 words)

	The Virtual Zoo: Hummingbird (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Hummingbirds include more than 300 species of a family of small birds of the Americas.The hummingbird family contains the smallest of all birds.
		In one group of hummingbirds, the hermits, the feathers are chiefly brown.
		Another common hummingbird of the United States is the rufous hummingbird, found from Alaska to southern California, and occasionally found in the eastern United States.
	library.thinkquest.org /11922/birds/hummingbird.htm (483 words)

	Birds - Hummingbirds and Swifts
		When you see a hummingbird flying by, it is very hard to tell whether it has feet or not until it is hovering or lands at a feeder.
		The only obvious things that hummingbirds and swifts have in common other than their tiny tootsies (outside of the fact that they are birds) is the fact that they migrate and eat insects as part of their diet.
		The Cuban Bee Hummingbird is the smallest bird in the world, with a body that's the size of a large bee.
	www.iwrc-online.org /kids/Facts/Birds/hummingbirds.htm (354 words)

	Hummingbird (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Hummingbirds are among the smallest birds on earth and are only found in the Western hemisphere.
		In the high Andes of South America the hummingbird is taken for a symbol of resurrection.
		There is also an Aztec legend, which says the god of music and poetry took the form of a hummingbird and descended into the underworld to make love with a goddess who then gave birth to the first flower.
	www.spgraf.com /zunzun/AboutUs/Hummingbird/hummingbird.html (140 words)

	Hummingbird Facts & Information - BirdhousesAndFeedersOnline.com
		Hummingbirds are small birds in the family Trochilidae capable of hovering in mid-air by rapidly flapping their wings, fifteen to eighty times per second, depending on the size of the bird.
		Hummingbirds in flight have the highest metabolism of all animals, except insects, a necessity in order to support the rapid beating of their wings.
		Hummingbirds have been thought by evolutionists to have evolved in South America, and the great majority of the species are found there.
	www.birdhousesandfeedersonline.com /page/655600.html (1425 words)

	Surfbirds.com - Hummingbirds
		From the diminutive Bee Hummingbird in Cuba (probably the smallest bird in the world) to the Giant Hummingbird of Chile.
		There is something in the region of 320 species of hummingbird, occuring only in the New World and ranging from Alaska and Labrador in the north to Tierra del Fuego in the south; from Barbados in the east to the Juan Fernandes islands in the west.
		hummingbirds are polygamous, the males display either via song or songflight, often at traditional leks; the females, in all but one species, are thought to build the nest, incubate, and rear the young unaided by the male
	www.surfbirds.com /Features/hummingbirds.html (633 words)

	Hummingbird feeders, humming bird feeders
		With most hummingbird feeders that force them to hover in one spot, they have to really work to get that drink (which seems to go on and on), so some enthusiasts would rather that they offer them a perch to rest on to give them a break when they need it.
		People who advocate not placing your hummingbird feeder near windows is due to their fear that the birds will inadvertently fly into the windows so they feel that you should put some blinds or something to suggest to the birds that it's a solid surface and not something they should fly straight up against.
		A better idea would be to get your hummingbirds used to the feeder in the first place (let's face it, not many of the hummingbird feeders look anything like the flowers that they are used to getting their source of food from).
	www.flowerpotheaven.com /hummingbird-feeders.htm (1055 words)

	The hummingbird: God’s tiny miracle
		Hummingbirds range in size from the tiny bee hummingbird, which is only about the length of an adult’s little finger, to the giant hummingbird, which may reach 22 centimetres (8.5 inches)—the width of a magazine page.
		The hummingbird is also equipped with a long, specially designed tongue which is curled up at the edges to form two troughs (which look like a number 3 on its back) to hold the nectar.
		However, even these features would not give the hummingbird the ability to gather enough food if it were not for the unique design of its wingbeat, which allows the bird to move forward to pierce the flower, hover until it gets enough nectar, and fly backwards to remove its bill from the flower.
	www.answersingenesis.org /creation/v14/i1/hummingbird.asp (1258 words)

	About Hummingbirds
		Although various larger birds, snakes, and mammals raid hummingbird nests for eggs and chicks, predation is not a major cause of mortality in adult hummingbirds.
		The brilliant, iridescent colors of hummingbird plumage are caused by the refraction of incident light by the structures of certain feathers.
		Hummingbirds migrate in response to hormonal changes, which are triggered by decreasing length of daylight; nothing you can do will make them stay too long, so it's not necessary to stop feeding them to force them to go south.
	www.hummingbirds.net /about.html (3336 words)

	Ruby Throated Hummingbird Mobile, garden art, yard art, nature gifts
		Hummingbirds (family Trochilidae) are small birds capable of hovering in mid-air due to the rapid flapping of its wings (15 to 80 beats per second, depending on the size of the bird).
		The Bee Hummingbird is, at 1.8 grams, the smallest bird in the world.
		Hummingbirds are thought to have evolved in South America, and the great majority of the species are found there.
	www.flyingmobiles.com /html/mobiles/bd16.htm (312 words)

	fUSION Anomaly. Hummingbirds
		The hummingbirds are the smallest of all birds.
		Hummingbirds are known for their rapid wing beat and for rapid flight.
		Pigeons and hummingbirds have tiny magnetic particles in their heads that respond to the Earth's magnetic fields and are used for navigation.
	fusionanomaly.net /hummingbirds.html (496 words)

	Audubon At Home
		Hummingbirds are often brightly colored and iridescent, and have a slender bill and a tongue that extends deep into flowers to sip nectar.
		Hummingbirds are pollinators, and some plants have evolved long, tubular flowers to take advantage of hummingbirds' specialized method of sipping nectar.
		Hummingbird habitat in North, Central, and South America is being lost to development and fragmentation, as well as to the exploitation of forested regions for the production of wood, coffee, and other crops.
	www.audubon.org /bird/at_home/hummingbirds/index.html (359 words)

	eNature: Articles: Detail
		The smallest bird in the world, the Cuban bee hummingbird, is 2 1/4 inches long -- about the size of a bumble bee.
		Hummingbird flowers, unlike flowers for butterflies, are attractive to these birds whether in the sun or shade.
		Hummingbirds in the east usually return in late March (south) to mid-May (north).
	www.enature.com /articles/detail.asp?storyID=645 (485 words)

	San Diego Zoo's Animal Bytes: Hummingbird
		Hummingbirds like flowers that are bright and that open during the day, when hummingbirds are awake.
		In the mid-1800s, hundreds of thousands of hummingbirds were killed for their feathers and some species almost became extinct.
		Hummingbirds have a specialized diet that is difficult to duplicate, so they would be hard to feed properly, and they might get sick and die too soon.
	www.sandiegozoo.org /animalbytes/t-hummingbird.html (1171 words)

	Hummingbird - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fossil hummingbirds are known from the Pleistocene of Brazil and the Bahamas - though neither has yet been scientifically described - and there are fossils and subfossils of a few extant species known, but until recently, older fossils had not been securely identifiable as hummingbirds.
		Fossils of birds not clearly assignable to either hummingbirds or a related, extinct family, the Jungornithidae, have been found at the Messel pit and in the Caucasus, dating from 40-35 mya, indicating that the split between these two lineages indeed occurred at that date.
		Trinidad and Tobago is known as "The land of the hummingbird," and a hummingbird can be seen on that nation's coat of arms and 1 cent coin.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hummingbird (2164 words)

	Zack C Sessions Photo Gallery, About Hummingbirds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		A hummingbird's egg is less than half an inch long -- half the size of a jellybean.
		Hummingbirds can fly forward, backward, and even upside down briefly, which they accomplish by spreading their tail and doing a backward somersault.
		Hummingbirds do not have a sense of smell, as far as is known.
	home.att.net /~zsessions/hummer.facts.html (428 words)

	Hummingbirds page
		Hummingbirds are found only in the New World, arising in the tropics and diversifying in abundance in the Andes and along the backbone of the Central America.
		Hummingbirds range in size from the smallest birds on earth to several quite large species in the Andes.
		Of course, not all hummingbirds are tropical, or appear to defy the laws of proportions, nor are all bright and colorful.
	www.montereybay.com /creagrus/hummingbirds.html (1600 words)

	hummingbird facts
		The smallest bird in the world is the Cuban bee hummingbird at only 2 1/4 inches long.
		Hummingbirds use their long bills to sip nectar from bright colored flowers.
		The ruby throated hummingbird is the only hummer that nest east of the Mississippi River.
	www.besd61.k12.il.us /webquests/preschool/Adams/hummingbird_facts.htm (86 words)

	Hummingbirds \| Birdmen of Peru \| The Englishman's Daughter
		The hummingbird exists only in the New World, and was a source of much interest and study by those who came from the Old.
		The giant hummingbird of the Andes weighs in at 850 pounds, and is so heavy it cannot lift off the ground, but just squats there grunting a deep "peep" at its rivals.
		Hummingbirds are not very good in the walking department; in fact, they can only shuffle.
	www.ralphmag.org /BP/briefs.html (1209 words)

	The Hummingbird Society
		The reasons for this misperception are several: they are active in the daylight hours (most moths are not); they hover in front of flowers to feed; the probe the flowers for their nectar (although using a proboscis, not a beak); and they favor some of the same nectar-rich blossoms that are liked by hummingbirds.
		The smallest hummingbird species in the world is the Cuban Bee Hummingbird, Mellisuga helenae, and it measures 5-6 cm in length (2.0-2.4 inches) and weighs a mere 1.6-1.9 grams (roughly 1/14 of an ounce).
		Hummingbird moths are considerably smaller than the smallest hummingbird.
	www.hummingbirdsociety.org /hottopics/tinyhummer.asp (317 words)

	Welcome to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Cookeville, Tennessee
		The bee hummingbird of Cuba is the smallest at 2 grams, and the giant hummingbird of South America at eight inches is the largest.
		The ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilocus (ruler of the ambush for its flying ability) colubris (snake-like for its long forked, tongue)) is the only hummingbird found in appreciable numbers east of the Mississippi River.
		Hang hummingbird feeders near the flowers and prepare a clear sugar water solution of 1 part sugar to four parts water.
	www.fws.gov /cookeville/docs/hummingbird.html (535 words)

	Rufous Hummingbird (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Because male Rufous Hummingbirds are extremely aggressive, chasing all others from "their" food source, we put up a dozen or more hummingbird feeders to help keep the these aggressive males from dominating the feeders.
		Attract more hummingbirds to your backyard wildlife habit by planting more hummingbird plants and provide them with home-made nectar.
		The secret to increasing your hummingbird population is making sure you keep the feeders clean and filled.
	www.birdsamore.com /byb/hummingbird-rufous.htm (326 words)

	Lost Cove Farm, Madison County, North Carolina
		Three hundred forty species of hummingbirds have been discovered, all of which reside in the western hemisphere.
		The world’s smallest bird is the Cuban bee hummingbird, measuring 2 ¼” inches.
		Hummingbirds endure cool nights or short periods of cold weather by lowering their body temperature and becoming dormant.
	www.lostcovefarm.com /hummingbirds.htm (246 words)

	Hummingbirds of the Caribbean [mschloe.com] (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Antillean Crested Hummingbird: [Orthorhyncus cristatus] Male is green above, the tail and underparts flish, compicuous crest green or green and blue.
		Bee Hummingbird: [Mellisuga heleae] Male has the pileum and throat fiery red, the iridescent gorget with elongated lateral plumes, rest of upperparts bluish, rest of underparts mostly greyish white.
		Blue-headed Hummingbird: [Cyanophaia bicolor] Male is green, the tail and most of head violet-blue, basal part of lower mandible pinkish.
	www.mschloe.com.cob-web.org:8888 /hummer/carib.htm (614 words)

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