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A casual observer might suggest that hummingbirds use their long, thin, dainty beaks like straws. Their tongues function as a tiny pump to suck the sought-after sweet liquid from feeders and flowers. Each bird has a thin tongue that forks at the tip, springing open to gather fluid; then the tongue retracts as the bill squeezes shut, compressing the tongue and allowing the bird to lap up the nectar. Hummers repeat this 15 to 20 times per second.
If you think the same hummingbirds come back to your feeders and flowers every year, you might be right! Banding research shows they are likely to return to the area where they hatched.(new Image()).src = ' =3108d1b0-63fc-4616-9fcb-0add6b6278fa&cid=877050e7-52c9-4c33-a20b-d8301a08f96d'; cnxps.cmd.push(function () { cnxps({ playerId: "3108d1b0-63fc-4616-9fcb-0add6b6278fa" }).render("5212e74440ae48d78157447a3a77ab51"); });
With just a turn of its head, a hummingbird explodes in iridescent radiance. Its gorget (the patch of colorful feathers covering its throat) instantly blazes in shades that span the color spectrum, depending on the species. These dazzling colors come from the feather structure rather than pigmentation. Each iridescent feather has tiny spikes that are densely packed with many layers of microscopic structures filled with air bubbles. These structures reflect light, says Bob Sundstrom, a science advisor for BirdNote, creating color in the manner of sun glinting off an oily film on water.
It takes less than a week (about five to seven days) for a hummingbird to build its nest. Built by females only, nests are made of lichen, moss, and spiderwebs. Check out 10 adorable pictures of baby hummingbirds.
Unless you are near a flowering garden or a nectar feeder, you will likely have a hard time catching sight of a hummingbird. Most hummingbirds zip around at high speeds, weaving skillfully through plants and going from garden to garden in search of their next meal. Able to maneuver around obstacles with deft precision, hummingbirds can come to a complete stop in an instant, fly backwards, sideways, and up and down, hover in mid air, and make minute adjustments to their position while feeding from a flower.
Since hummingbirds prefer to stay near dense areas of plant life where food is readily available, it is rare to see them in urban areas where there are more tall buildings than tall trees. However, following the sight and scent of an alluring flower, hummingbirds will occasionally wander into more congested areas and find themselves trapped in a house or building.
In August, City Wildlife was called about a hummingbird that had flown into a Safeway on Connecticut Avenue. After catching sight of the elaborate flower display in the foyer, the bird had gone to investigate and once inside, it could not figure out how to get back out. Two DC Animal Care and Control Officers (ACOs) were dispatched, and working together they were able to catch the bird and release it back into the wild. We are incredibly grateful for their efforts and happy they were able to rescue the bird before it was injured. Hummingbirds are particularly hard to rehabilitate so we try to intervene as little as possible.
Our recommendation is to plant perennial flowers to attract hummingbirds. Perennial flowers will not only attract hummingbirds, but native perennials will benefit hummingbirds season after season with little maintenance or effort on your part.
One of the biggest misconceptions about hummingbirds is the belief that if you leave your feeder up, hummers will not migrate. This is absolutely false! In many areas hummingbirds start to migrate even before flowers and insects start to wane. Males generally migrate several weeks ahead of immatures (new hatchlings) and females. Migration coincides with changing length of days. To benefit migrating hummers, leave feeders up at least two weeks after your last resident hummer departs. 2b1af7f3a8