Have you ever wondered just how fast a Hummingbird's wing beats? Or how many times a Hummingbird’s heart beats per minute? Well, I am here to enlighten your bird loving souls. For those of you who don’t know, a Hummingbird’s wing can beat up to 200 times per second, and a Hummingbird’s heart while in flight can beat up to 1,250 times per minute. Special muscles in their “shoulder” areas allow for them to fly in all directions, up, down, left, right you name it. These are just the basic facts, now let’s get into the good stuff.
Hummingbirds include the smallest birds in the world, but they belong to one of the largest group of birds, the Trochilidae family. These enchanting birds are found in deserts, mountains, and plains, but most live in tropical rainforests. Their name refers to the humming sound made by their tiny, beating wings; each species creates a different humming sound, depending on the speed of its wing beats. In the Caribbean, people call the hummingbird el zunzun. These energetic dynamos have been around for ages; hummingbird fossils found in Germany are said to be more than 30 million years old.
There are 328 hummingbird species. The smallest is the bee hummingbird from Cuba, and the largest is the giant hummingbird from South America. Hummingbird bills come in different sizes and shapes, too. The long, slender bill is adapted to collect nectar from flowers. The bill protects the long, split tongue and allows each hummingbird species to feed on specific
The Cardinal, also known as the redbird and the Virginia nightingale, is about eight inches long, a little smaller than a robin. They have perching feet to help support them when they are sitting in the trees. Their throat and area around the base of the bill is black and they have a seed eating beak. Cardinals have an elliptical wing because they need to have the capability for quick take-offs and and
Ruby throated hummingbirds (Archilochus colubris) are a species of hummingbird that is common in the eastern half of North America and Central America. This species is known as the smallest bird species in northeast North America, weighing as little as two grams and as much as five grams. They are the most common hummingbird seen east of the Mississippi river, and are usually green in color. Males are distinguishable by the red throat patch they have, which is called a gorget. Young males look similar to females, except for a tiny throat marking that is evident.
I really thought that it's so weird and mysterious that Hummingbirds only exists in the American continents. as well I like that Hummingbirds are not able to relax and rest because they might die.
One of its most important characteristics is its beak. The finch adapted to have a thin, long beak to probe through moss, bark and leaves in search of food (Wildscreen Arkive, N.D.). These finches have the thinnest beak out of the 13 finches; which aids them to find small insects. The Green Warbler finch are mostly found in humid highland forest where their primary food source is found. These adaptations made them more fit to survive on available food. Over the years the finch’s beak has evolved as the bird developed different taste for insects. Another famous adaptation is how they camouflage in their environment. The Green Warbler is restricted to the forest and is greener in body colouration, while the Gray Warbler is found in shrubby, dry thickets and is greyer and duller looking (Certhidea olivacea, 2010). Their coloration helps them camouflage in their own environments, and to hide from predators. Recent studies have found that there are in fact two separate species of the Warbler Finch, the Green Warbler Finch and the Grey Warbler Finch, but are considered as a single species (Wildscreen Arkive, N.D.). The Green Warbler finch mainly occupies larger, inner islands, while the Grey Warbler finch inhabits the smaller, outer islands (Green Warbler Finch,
In the essay Joyas Voladoras written by Brian Doyle, Doyle focuses on one of the most amazing organs in a living species’ body; the heart. The heart is a muscular organ that that pumps blood and provides circulation. Without a functioning heart, one cannot live. In his essay Doyle writes, “Every creature on earth has approximately two billion heartbeats to spend in a lifetime. You can spend them slowly, like a tortoise, and live to be one hundred years old, or you can spend them fast, like a hummingbird, and live to be two years old.” People can live their lives slow and long, or fast and youthfully. Doyle refers to hummingbirds as flying jewels. Here Doyle is connecting to his audience. Human beings can connect to this quote
South American country of Peru. Weighing in at several ounces of the other hummingbirds in the
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The vocal uniqueness in animals is present in a variety of species such as bats, dolphins, and birds (such as songbirds).
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Talula, when preaching to the audience, the pastor/preacher must understand that there are diverse people in public. They may be of the same race; however, they are diverse in jobs, age, and economic status. Never assume what you preach that everyone understands. I said that to say this; in your post, you stated that the Lord only watches over the righteous. Someone may think God is not watching over their loved ones whom they are praying about and believe there is no hope. But the Bible does say that He is longsuffering and patient. People have wild imaginations and thoughts. Everyone does not process information in the same manner. I am sure you experienced that on many occasions being a retired teacher. I am just saying. :)
Medium ground finches are one of the 13 species of finches. These finches, the medium ground finches have large beaks. You can find these finches at Daphne Major, in the center of Galapagos island. Daphne Major is also located near South America in the South Pacific ocean.
Doyle starts off by introducing the hummingbird and how small and fragile they are. When Doyle is explaining how risky it is for a hummingbird to rest and fly he states, “The price of their ambition is a life closer to death…” (Doyle). The hummingbird is always at risk of dying, they constantly fly to warm their infinitesimal hearts or they grow cold and cease to be. Doyle compares the hummingbird as an engine and how they can burn out, it is costly for them to fly, but they continue to; fast and strong. Their ambition to continue to fly and find food is strong, they fly fast to live, and the fact that they fly so fast is the reason why their hearts are so strong. Although the hummingbird has a small, fragile heart, their motivation to live and fly is strong.
Ruby throated hummingbirds have adaptations to. They live in north america and have the biggest breeding range in north america.They migrate from north america to the gulf of mexico.They are brightly colored with a bit of gray.They weigh less than a quarter ounce. The male’s neck can be the colors red,purple or pink and glitter in the sun! They hover to feed on flower nectar and sap. They are
He prefers Cardinals slightly to hummingbirds, because they sing. Moreover, he is very protective and possessive of his little flower garden.
There are almost as many ways of flying as there are kinds of birds. Albatrosses glide and soar with long narrow wings stretched out, sometimes staying aloft for hours without a single wing beat. Hummingbirds, on the other hand, can 't rest their wings for even a second in flight. Woodpeckers have a swooping flight, crows fly in a straight line, and swallows dart and weave every which way.