Opus Birdfeeders What are some of the flowers that hummingbirds feed on? Absolutely. hummingbirds are very territorial and will fight over feeders. http://www.opususa.com/experts_hummingbirds.html
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1999 - 2000 Western Hummingbirds In Louisiana 1999 2000 Western hummingbirds in Louisiana. Rufous hummingbirds (First Detection Dates)(1) Black-chinned hummingbirds (First Detection Dates)(1) http://losbird.org/bulletin/ruhu_grph.htm
Hummingbirds: Frantic And Fascinating - National Zoo| FONZ Thus did John James Audubon describe hummingbirds in the early 19th century. Today, in some parts of Central and South America, dead hummingbirds are http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Publications/ZooGoer/2002/1/hummingbirds.cfm
Extractions: by Terry Dunn th century. Other scientists fascinated by these mesmerizing birds have bestowed upon them names such as purple-crowned fairy, green-breasted mango, glittering-throated emerald, sapphire-vented puffleg, fiery topaz, peacock coquette, and shining sunbeam. By the late 19th century, hummingbirds were well-known in Europe, but with fame came exploitation. A growing market in London and other European cities for their skins, bodies, and feathers fueled the killing of hundreds of thousands of hummingbirds. Feathers were used for hat decorations. The skins were used in collections and to make artificial flowers and dust catchers. Preserved hummingbird bodies were paired with flowers and arranged like museum dioramas on top of women's hats. The trade in hummingbirds escalated to a point where, in a single year, one London dealer imported 400,000 hummingbird skins from the West Indies. Not until the passage of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918, which prohibited commercial trade in any migratory bird species or its feathers, were conservationists in the United States able to change the tide of fashion and slow the decline in hummingbird populations. The number of species already driven extinct by that time remains a mystery.
Hummingbirds By Charles W. Melton pad hummingbirds by Charles W. Melton Charles W. Melton captures the unique beauty of these fascinating hummingbirds in their natural habitat, including the http://www.secondnaturecd.com/humthumim.html
Extractions: Charles W. Melton captures the unique beauty of these fascinating hummingbirds in their natural habitat, including the rarely seen nestlings. Melton's collection includes the ruby-throated hummingbird, black-chinned hummingbird, buff-bellied hummingbird, violet-crowned hummingbird and several other beautiful varieties. This collection is only available as an electronic download file. Now both Windows and Mac users can download the collection! You will receive an order confirmation with download directions via email after placing the order.
12.16.2004 - Hummingbirds Lose Power At High Altitudes What this means for hummingbirds is less reserve power for the bursts of flight Altshuler noted that the many quick movements hummingbirds make would be http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2004/12/16_hummers.shtml
Extractions: 13- and 14-year-old siblings enter Berkeley as junior transfer students UC Berkeley opens new youth violence research center More news: ... MacArthur 'geniuses' Select one All stories by date economics Campus news Education Environment Events at Berkeley International affairs People Science Social science Students engineering Hummingbirds lose power at high altitudes By Robert Sanders, Media Relations BERKELEY A Mountain Velvetbreast hummingbird ( Lafresnaya lafresnayi ) strains to lift a string of beads in a test of its maximum power output. (Jim Hamilton photo) The results, which appeared this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) Online Early Edition, show a clear decline in hummingbirds' lifting ability with altitude, not unlike that seen in athletes competing at high elevations. "The costs of hovering flight are the same across elevations because hummingbirds compensate by having larger wings and by having a larger stroke amplitude," said study leader Douglas Altshuler, a postdoctoral fellow at Caltech. "However, that compensation doesn't come for free. They don't have as much excess power at high elevations as they do at low elevations."
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NC State Wildlife Extension-Hummingbirds And Butterflies The NC State Wildlife Extension department website contains a multitude of information about wildlife, wildlife damage, endangered species, http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/nreos/wild/wildlife/animals/birds/hummingbirds.htm
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ENN Environmental News Network [[Today S News Full Story ]] More Rare hummingbirds Spotted in Texas July 27, 2005 By Betsy Blaney, Texas has 18 species of hummingbirds, and there are about 300 species overall. http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=8337
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Extractions: What could make a more enchanting addition to your garden than the dancing visit of a hummingbird? These living objects of 'garden art' add movement, life, and color to our summer garden landscapes. The tiny birds will delight and excite the 'little people' of your householdand perhaps a few of the 'big people', too! Here in the eastern United States, we are visited by only one species of hummingbird, the Ruby-throated Hummingbird. But what a beautiful little jewel it is! Males and females are iridescent green above, and white below. The male is characterized by its bright ruby-red throat. The tiny birds are about three and one-half inches long. necessary nectar. Tubular-shaped flowers, like salvias, are easily accessed by the hummingbird's long, thin beak. And the hummer's ability to hover makes it especially adept at extracting nectar from pendant, or hanging, flowers like those of the fuchsia. Fragrance is not a factor in attracting hummingbirds. In addition, the typical hummingbird plant produces multiple flowers in open clusters, so that the bird may sip from many flowers at one stop. This helps to conserve its precious energy. The flowers should be on the outside of the plant and away from foliage, so that the hummer may feed without hitting its constantly whirring wings.
Extractions: Week of April 10, 2004; Vol. 165, No. 15 , p. 229 Susan Milius High-speed videos of hummingbirds catching fruit flies show that the birds' lower bills are unexpectedly flexible, say researchers. In three species with straight, narrow bills, the lower half can bend downward part way along its length, even though it has no joint, says Gregor M. Yanega of the University of Connecticut in Storrs. The motion also flares open a bird's mouth to gape extra wide. BENT FOR BUGS. To catch a fruit fly, a ruby-throated hummingbird (left to right) opens its bill and then widens its gape and adds extra downward slant to the lower jaw. Yanega These moves come in the final fractions of a second in a hummingbird's attempt to snag an insect out of the air, Yanega and his Connecticut colleague Margaret A. Rubega report in the April 8 Nature . The researchers say that they appear to be the first to document these bug-nabbing refinements. Earlier studies had shown that the upper bill can bend, but the lower one had seemed rigid.
Concerted Efforts - Dixie Hummingbirds The Dixie hummingbirds by Penn State scholar Jerry Zolten. By 1942, the Dixie hummingbirds were wowing audiences at Cafe Society, New York s first http://www.concertedefforts.com/artists_dixi.asp
Extractions: This year, as the iron men of gospel mark three quarters of a century in song, Bob Dylan has featured them on the soundtrack of his film "Masked and Anonymous," and Oxford University Press has published the highly acclaimed history Great God A'Mighty! The Dixie Hummingbirds by Penn State scholar Jerry Zolten. On October 7, Rounder Records will join the party with the release of Diamond Jubilation , a CD that makes it abundantly clear what all the fuss is about.
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