Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Male: A tiny, iridescent green bird with a small, black throat patch that shines bright ruby red in sunlight and a white chest.
Female: Same as male, lacking the throat patch.
Diet: Nectar (from flower or a feeder) and tiny insects.
Song: Does not sing; will chatter or buzz to communicate.
Nest: Cup; female builds; one to two broods per year.
Eggs: Two; white, unmarked.
Incubation: Twelve to fourteen days; female incubates.
Fledging: Fourteen to eighteen days; female feeds young.
Notes: Wings create a humming noise, flapping fifty to sixty times per minute or faster during fights. Able to hover, fly up and down, and it is the only bird able to fly backwards. Attracted to tubular red flowers, such as the trumpet vine. Constructs nest with plant material and spider webs, gluing pieces of lichen to outside of the nest.
Male: A tiny, iridescent green bird with a small, black throat patch that shines bright ruby red in sunlight and a white chest.
Female: Same as male, lacking the throat patch.
Diet: Nectar (from flower or a feeder) and tiny insects.
Song: Does not sing; will chatter or buzz to communicate.
Nest: Cup; female builds; one to two broods per year.
Eggs: Two; white, unmarked.
Incubation: Twelve to fourteen days; female incubates.
Fledging: Fourteen to eighteen days; female feeds young.
Notes: Wings create a humming noise, flapping fifty to sixty times per minute or faster during fights. Able to hover, fly up and down, and it is the only bird able to fly backwards. Attracted to tubular red flowers, such as the trumpet vine. Constructs nest with plant material and spider webs, gluing pieces of lichen to outside of the nest.
