Steve GannFort Morgan Hummingbird Photos
April 6th 2010 18:27
For most of the two week event there were strong winds blowing from the south, helping cut down travel times for the flocks. This can cut down immensely on the 600 mile flight. What might take 22 hours if the birds encounter head winds might take as little as 12-14 in they have strong tail winds. With only half a day "on their wings" it's entirely possible that the birds may have stayed airborne and stopped over greener lands. Fort Morgan may be a good place to rest your wings but it doesn't offer much in the way of food.
First a little background on Hummingbirds:
If it were legal and moral to mail Hummingbirds, six could be sent with a single 1st class stamp.
Hummingbirds are the tiniest birds in the world.
A hummingbird's brain is 4.2% of its body weight, the largest proportion in the bird kingdom.
Hummingbirds are very smart and they can remember every flower they have been to, and how long it will take a flower to refill.
Hummingbirds can hear better than humans
Hummingbirds can see farther than humans.
Hummingbirds can see ultraviolet light.
A hummingbird will use its tongue to lap up nectar from flowers and feeders.
A hummingbird's heart beats up to 1,260 times per minute.
A Hummingbird's heart beats about 250 times per minute at rest.
A hummingbird's heart is 2.5% of the total body weight.
A hummingbird will take about 250 breaths per minute while at rest.
A hummingbird's metabolism is roughly 100 times that of an elephant.
Hummingbirds are on average 8.5 centimeters long from the tip of the beak to the tip of the tail.
A hummingbird can weigh anywhere between 2 and 20 grams.
A penny weighs 2.5 grams
An average sized hummingbird will have about 940 feathers.
A hummingbird baby is about the size of a penny.
Baby hummingbirds will remain in a nest for three (3) weeks.
Hummingbirds have an average life span of about 5 years.
Hummingbirds can live for more than 10 years.
The oldest known hummingbird was a Broad-Tailed Hummingbird that was captured and tagged 12 years apart.
A hummingbird wings will beat about 70 times per second.
Hummingbird's wings will beat up to 200 times per second when diving.
Hummingbirds are the only birds that can fly both forward and backwards.
Hummingbirds can also hover in mid-air, fly sideways and even upside-down.
A hummingbird can fly an average of 25-30 miles per hour.
A hummingbird can dive up to 60 miles per hour.
A hummingbird's wings will rotate in a full circle.
Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds have been known to travel 500 miles over the Gulf of Mexico to breeding grounds.
It is estimated that a Ruby-Throated Hummingbird takes about twenty (20) hours to fly across the Gulf of Mexico.
Some hummingbirds will travel over two-thousand (2,000) miles twice a year during migration times.
OK now for the photos.
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Thanks Katy, Unfortunately I'm away from home and didn't have access to my photo software. When I crop photos from my camera, it also "digitally enhances" some pixels and really hurts the shot.