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	Anna Humming-bird
		It is very small, even for the size of the bird, being an inch and a half in depth, and an inch and a quarter in breadth externally at the mouth, while its internal diameter is ten-twelfths, and its depth eight and a half twelfths.
		It is of a conical form, and composed of the cottony down apparently of some species of willow, intermixed with scales of catkins and a few feathers, and lined with the same substances.
		Plumage soft and blended; feathers on the upper part of the head, cheeks, and throat, oblongo-obovate, with their filaments toward the end thickened and flattened, with metallic gloss, those on the sides of the neck more elongated.
	www.audubon.org /bird/BoA/F24_G1b.html (485 words)

	Birderblog.com - More on the Dinosaur-Bird connection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Soft tissue found in the animal's thighbone strongly suggests it was a female, and just about to lay eggs, the researchers report in Friday's issue of Science.
		The bone tissue is strongly similar to that made inside the bones of female birds — and no other living type of animal — when they are producing the hard shells of eggs just before they lay them, said Mary Higby Schweitzer of North Carolina State University in Raleigh.
		Female birds produce a layer of bone tissue called medullary bone when they are laying eggs.
	www.birderblog.com /post.php?id=321 (258 words)

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		Birds of low trees and undergrowth, where they also nest; partial to neighborhood of streams, or wherever the tent caterpillar is abundant.
		This, the largest family of birds that we have (about one-seventh of all our birds belong to it), comprises birds of such varied plumage and habit that, while certain family resemblances may be traced throughout, it is almost impossible to characterize the family as such.
		Abundant birds, especially during May and September, when the majority are migrating to and from regions north of the United States; but they are strangely unknown to all but devoted bird lovers, who seek them out during these months that particularly favor acquaintance.
	www.northbirding.com /idtraining/guide/families.htm (2151 words)

	Peekabeak
		A bird's beak or bill is actually is a part of its skull that is covered with a tough layer of skin.
		Although some birds use their beaks to defend their territories, gather nesting materials or to weave a nest, the main purpose of the beak is to obtain food in the easiest and most effective way possible.
		Humming bird beaks are long and slender and work like straws to suck nectar out of flowers.
	mdc.mo.gov /nathis/birds/peekbeak (573 words)

	Ruff-necked Humming-bird
		These were all young birds, and were not very easily distinguished from those of the common species of the same age.
		The nest, which measures two inches and a quarter in height, and an inch and three quarters in breadth, at the upper part, is composed externally of mosses, lichens, and a few feathers, with slender fibrous roots interwoven, and lined with fine cottony seed-down.
		Plumage soft and blended; feathers on the throat, fore part and sides of the neck oblong-obovate, with the filaments towards the end thickened and flattened, with metallic gloss, those on the sides of the neck elongated and erectile.
	www.abirdshome.com /Audubon/VolIV/00419.html (1067 words)

	Hummingbird Feeders
		Other ways to alert birds that the window is not a clear flyway are to add cutouts of predatory birds, windsocks, or decorative flags (on the outside).
		The effects of red dye have not been not scientifically tested, and it is not necessary to color the water to attract birds to your feeder.
		However, it's not clear that the health of the birds was considered, or merely their preferences - like children, hummers may tend to eat more candy than is good for them - and there is still a suspicion that high sugar concentrations can cause liver damage in hummingbirds.
	www.hummingbirds.net /feeders.html (2570 words)

	Hummer Notes
		If a target bird failed to show up within a reasonable period, we would have to stick to the schedule and move on, hoping to get another of its species elsewhere.
		The birds were feeding actively, and in no time, we had spotted two Buff-bellieds, the Broad-billed, and the Ruby-throated.
		I was prepared to do that - a federal bird banding permit and precision instruments were in a banding kit in the trunk and a hummingbird trap was strapped atop the car.
	www.hummingbirds.net /humnotes1199.html (2293 words)

	Birds, Familiar: Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Life Histories of North American Birds, A.C. Bent
		The bird's preference for some of these is so marked that it seems oftentimes to regulate its migration so as to arrive on the very day of their blossoming.
		The bird continues adding lining material to the nest after the young are hatched, in one case gathering Fireweed down and taking it to the nest when the young were two weeks old.
		She accustomed the birds to associate the sound of her voice with the presence of food and often called them to a vial she held in her hand by whistling the "phoebe" note of the chickadee.
	birdsbybent.com /ch11-20/hummingb.html (7621 words)

	Canyon Walk
		The bird is as fl as wet coal, its belly is rose-red, and it carries a white teardrop on each side of its face.
		While plucking victims off the leaves, the bird pumps its tail and hovers, its emerald-and-gray wings flapping against the greenery, its fiery red belly appearing in bits and pieces in the jumble of branches and leaves.
		Every movement the bird makes produces a new configuration of deeply saturated light with colors that are vivid and impossibly beautiful, like the colors of gemstones decorating an alter in the subtle light of a dark Egyptian temple.
	www.hummingbirdworld.com /chiricahua/walk.htm (3792 words)

	Wild Birds and Gardens Fair Oaks, CA 95628
		A hummingbird is an extraordinary bird clad in glittering iridescent feathers.
		Ornithologists who study the evolution of birds believe that hummingbirds originated in the northern Andes Mountains of South America, where their ancestors were insect-eating swift like birds.
		Wild Birds and Gardens of Sacramento is providing the following truthful information taken directly from the American Center for Disease control in an effort to impart accurate information to our birding community, and to help alleviate the panic promoted by the public news agencies.
	www.wildbirdsac.com /hummingbird_info.html (1448 words)

	ruby throated hummingbird
		Speaking of birds the ruby throated humming bird is a good bird to study about.
		In the summer the humming bird is found in woodlands and gardens from Texas to Florida.
		The ruby throated humming bird's nest is as low as 5 inches, but normally about 18 to 20 inches.
	www.westirondequoit.org /iroquois/birds/ruby.htm (394 words)

	Hummingbird Facts
		Within the family of hummingbirds is found the smallest bird in the world, the Bee Hummingbird of Cuba at 2.17 inches (5.5 cm) and weight 1.95gm (0.07 oz).
		Although various larger birds, snakes, and mammals raid hummingbird nests for eggs and chicks, this is not a major cause of death.
		Hummingbirds all make a humming sound through the rapid movement of their wings, when they are in flight.
	howtoenjoyhummingbirds.com /hummingbird_facts_and_informatio.htm (2241 words)

	Hummingbird Nesting
		These birds are often found in states with mountains high enough in altitude to experience a summer with less harsh temperatures...the Ozark's and Appalachians, for example.
		It is probable this bird was not a first year mom, but rather an experienced mom who had suffered the consequences of high winds in a previous nesting season.
		Molding the nest's wall as the nest progresses upward was done by pressing the top edge between her wing and body, as a potter shapes soft clay on a spinning vase.
	www.catsanddogspa.com /hummingbirdnesting.html (3401 words)

	Personal Stories About Hummingbirds
		The mama bird does it all by her self builds the nest, lays the eggs, sits on the eggs, guards them, shades them from the harsh sunlight, feeds them every 15 minutes, teaches them to fly and feed.
		A small bird was flitting from blossom to blossom on the indigo spires and circled the bottle brush tree next to the porch before it dipped down out of sight on the far side of the garden.
		I heard the hum of a bird's wings and saw that a hummingbird had come to feed right where it was.
	www.hummingbirdworld.com /h/stories-2.htm (7555 words)

	Bird Watcher's General Store
		The bird is mostly dull brown, with a bit of yellow on its side, a bright yellow spot on its tail, plus a weird single feather sticking out of its back.
		Although the bird has to be embarrassed about its name, especially during its high school years, yellow-rumped is a very good descriptive name.
		The reason why these birds were called Myrtle Warblers in the first place is because they eat and actually seem to enjoy the smelly waxy berries of the wax myrtle bush.
	www.birdwatchersgeneralstore.com /rump.htm (698 words)

	Birds and All Nature: Humming-Birds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The gorgeous little birds are largely tropical, the northern limit of their abundance as species being the Tropic of Cancer.
		The eastern part of the United States has but one representative of the Humming- bird family, and only seventeen species have been found within the limits of the country.
		The process is as follows: The parent bird thrusts her long bill far down into the throat of her bantling, and then, by a series of forward plunges that are really terrible to witness, the honey food is pumped from the old bird's craw into that of the youngster.
	www.birdnature.com /dec1898/hummingbird.html (584 words)

	Birds: A Forced Partnership / What is an Egg? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		A pair of Robins had made their nest on the horizontal branch of an evergreen tree which stood near a dwelling house, and the four young had hatched when a pair of English Sparrows selected the same branch for their nest.
		We hope to group a number of eggs, to enable our readers to compare their size and shape, from that of the Epyornis, six times the size of an Ostrich egg, down to the tiny egg that is found in the soft nest of the Humming-bird.
		This gigantic egg is a foot long and nine inches across, and would hold as much as fifty thousand Humming-bird's eggs.
	www.birdnature.com /feb1898/forcedegg.html (276 words)

	Anna's Hummingbird
		According to Welty and Baptista, the humming bird probably has the highest metabolic rate of any vertebrate.
		They especially like bird baths that drip as they can hover and sip water as it runs over the edge.
		It is common in most bird species for the female to be drab.
	www.laspilitas.com /California_birds/Hummingbirds/Anna's_Hummingbird/Anna's_Hummingbird.htm (793 words)

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		A carpet of soft moss spread out beneath his feet, and he set a stream to gurgling nearby.
		He asked her questions while he mixed his pigments, recalling from memory how the linseed oil had smelled, the scent of the turpentine and varnishes, the feel of warm sun on his left shoulder, the feel of the wood brush handle and the rough grain of the canvas beneath his fingertips.
		Shima stood in the library, humming softly to herself as she turned a large antique globe standing on a dais beneath a skylight.
	www.neon-hummingbird.com /centre/fanfic/quest.txt (24662 words)

	Bird Watcher's General Store
		Most of these herons are either inexperienced young birds or lost adult males too stubborn to ask for directions south.
		Snow, ice and cold are not kind to birds and I’d bet many herons won’t be booking a visit to Cape Cod next year.
		Years ago, when I was soft and whimpy like you, I would go out and chop holes in the ice so the herons could find fish.
	www.birdwatchersgeneralstore.com /heron.htm (593 words)

	BIRDS-IN-YOUR-YARD \| Bird houses, feeders & supplies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Add a bird bath and you will enjoy all sorts of antics the birds perform taking their baths and pruning their feathers, rolling and fluttering in the water on warm summer days.
		It will be great fun to watch the various birds carry an assortment of leaves, straw, hair clippings and anything soft into the bird houses to make them "home".
		Check out our bird accessories and other bird supplies for your yard - we sell quality bird supplies at discount prices and are constantly offering specials - so keep your eyes open for our products and you will keep YOUR yard busy with beautiful birds of many colors and wonderful songs.
	www.birds-in-your-yard.com (300 words)

	Amazon.com: A Field Guide to Hummingbirds of North America (Peterson Field Guides): Books: Sheri Williamson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Humming Bird Buffet is here to assist you with all the items you will need to enjoy the humming bird season.
		One of my earliest memories, half-seen, half-heard, is of a buzzing emerald of a bird hovering in front of the flat cup of a hollyhock, flashing its iridescent feathers only inches from my face.
		However it is perhaps a better guide for banders who have the bird in the hand and want to visually see examples of tail pattern, etc. (however, the book lacks those important measurements that the banders rely on).
	www.amazon.com /Guide-Hummingbirds-America-Peterson-Guides/dp/0618024964 (2145 words)

	Bird Watcher's Digest: Hummingbirds: Late Plants
		I enjoy the birds’ continued presence from May through September, and like to think their omnipresence is due at least in part to the botanical smorgasbord I have set out for them.
		Native asters, goldenrods, and blazing stars are the focal point of a late-summer garden and attract a variety of birds and butterflies.
		These birds elect to stay in the Humid South, with some sighted as far north as Virginia and North Carolina.
	www.birdwatchersdigest.com /site/backyard_birds/hummingbirds/late_plants.aspx (3123 words)

	Goliath Bird Eating Spider - Theraphosa blondi
		The Goliath bird-eating spider is, as its name suggests, large enough to eat a bird.
		The Goliath bird-eating spider was named by explorers from the Victorian era who first reported them to the western world, and witnessed one eating a humming bird.
		The juices break down the soft tissue making it possible for the spider to suck up the liquid and eat its meal.
	www.blueplanetbiomes.org /goliath_bird_eating_spider.htm (841 words)

	The Aviary: Hummingbird
		The birds appear to be attracted to the color red and can be attracted to feeders containing honey or red-colored sugar water.
		The smallest bird in the world is the bee hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae) of Cuba, with a 2-inch-long body and weighing less than 2 grams.
		Ruby-throated Hummingbirds are one of the few migratory bird species whose population is actually increasing--by approximately 1.5% per year in the United States.
	www.jeannieshouse.com /aviary/hummingbird/hummer.html (667 words)

	Amazon.com: Go Fly A Kite 32904 Hummingbird Whirler: Outdoor Living (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Built on a strong fiberglass frame, the bird has wide, vibrant windcatcher wings that spin in the breeze and set it twirling.
		The bird's soft-form body is crafted from ripstop nylon with an interior frame piece that extends right out to the end of its proboscis, so it flies straight and doesn't flop.
		I placed some kitty litter within the interior of the bird via the velcro closure on the back to give it more stability and it works even better now.
	www.amazon.com /Go-Fly-Kite-Hummingbird-Whirler/dp/B00005V565 (624 words)

	Cage Covers / Guards by Bird Paradise
		Sheer Guard Bird Cage Skirt is a beautiful sheer material that allows you to see your bird and lets your bird to see out.
		The Sheer Guard Bird Cage Cover is a beautiful opaque material and is easily washable.
		The bird covers are loose fitting and cover a wide range of cage sizes.
	www.mybirdstore.com /cart.cgi?group=324&child=145659 (356 words)

	Bird Decorative House - Abirdskingdom.com
		Whether you are looking for a durable bat chalet or a traditional wren bird house, you will find we have what you need.
		The bird breeding season begins in late April for birds living in the southern portion of their range, and early May for birds living in thenorthern portion.
		Females construct their nests from soft materials such as feathers, hair, wool, spider cocoons, strips of bark, moss, and trash.
	www.abirdskingdom.com /page/3241 (588 words)

	Bird Houses at Bird House Feeder at Bird-house-feeder.com in Minnesota (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Bird Houses at Bird House Feeder at Bird-house-feeder.com in Minnesota
		Combo Birdhouse / Bird Feeder A combination birdhouse and feeder rich in texture and design is ready to be hung in any quiet grotto to await the arrival of the first birds of spring.
		Jail Birds House Jailbirds just may flock to this charming rendition of a country lock-up.
	www.bird-house-feeder.com /shopping-bird-house-feeder/4.htm (868 words)

	Bird Feeder Supply - Abirdskingdom.com
		While evergreens provide a thick foliage that hides birds from their predators and shelters the birds from winter winds, a variety of trees and shrubs will attract the most birds.
		HELPFUL BIRD NESTING INFORMATION: The bird breeding season begins in late April for birds living in the southern portion of their range, and early May for birds living in the northern portion of their range.
		Female birds construct their nests from soft materials such as feathers, hair, wool, spider cocoons, strips of bark, moss, and trash.
	www.abirdskingdom.com (447 words)

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