Hummingbird Facts

Michael and I went to the library in search of research...that's what he calls it. (I know, the pic is backlit and everything else. I guess I need to move a feeder out into the sun...that is a job for the girls and I tomorrow).

• "hummers" are the smallest birds in the worldthe have the biggest appetites
• they eat insects for protein
• some nests are the size of a walnut shell
• females lay two pea size eggs
• the eggs hatch in two weeks
• when babies are around 4 weeks they fly away
• some have long thin straight beaks
• some have long curved beaks
• the males sing for their mates
• they lives 10 years
• they are hard to photograph