Here are the Hummingbirds! With their bright, beautiful feathers, they are like flying gems! Hummingbirds drink flower nectar and eat small insects. They move their wings in figure eights, pushing air to all sides in order to hover the way that they do.
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD
The Rufous Hummingbird is a feisty little bird that will chase all other hummingbirds away from a food source that it is eating at. It stays in the Northwestern parts of the United States during the Summer, migrates through the Midwestern area of the United States, arriving in the Southwestern part for Winter and then going back and forth again every year. Occasionally, Rufous Hummingbirds will fly on over to the Eastern United States in search of more Hummingbird Feeders, being that they are one of the most cold-tolerant and hardy species of Hummingbirds. If you want to learn more about the Rufous Hummingbird, check out the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's description of it: http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Rufous_Hummingbird/id
Habitat: Open woodland and suburbs
Food: Nectar and small insects
Habitat: Open woodland and suburbs
Food: Nectar and small insects
RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD
Ruby Throated Hummingbirds migrate from South America and Southern Florida to the Eastern United States each Summer to mate. Males, like in the picture, have red, sparkling feathers on their faces to attract female Hummingbirds. Females look just like the males, but without the red feathers. All hummingbirds drink nectar from flowers for food and most hummingbirds are attracted to the color red. Most hummingbirds migrate to the west, around California. You can attract hummingbirds by putting out a hummingbird feeder. Use this recipe to make sugar-water to put in a feeder: 4 parts water to 1 part sugar (don't use red food coloring! it can be harmful to hummingbirds!) If you want to learn more about this bird, check out the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's description of the Ruby-Throated Hummingbird: http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Ruby-throated_Hummingbird/id
Habitat: Gardens and Woods
Food: Small insects and nectar
-Rose
Habitat: Gardens and Woods
Food: Small insects and nectar
-Rose