I discovered a hummingbird sitting on her/his nest at a nearby cache site.
The hummingbird is the smallest bird and also the smallest of all
animals that have a backbone.
A hummingbird has no sense of smell
because a hummingbird can rotate its wings in a circle, they are
the only bird that can fly forwards, backwards, up, down ,sideways
and hover in mid air.
To conserve energy while they sleep or when food is scarce, they
can go into a hibernation-like state (torpor) where their metabolic
rate is slowed to 1/15th of its normal rate.
During migration, some hummingbirds make a non-stop 500 mile
flight over the Gulf of Mexico.
During courtship dives a hummingbird can reach speeds up to 60
miles per hour and can average speeds of 20 to 30 miles per
hour.
Hummingbirds are the second largest family of birds with 343
species.
Hummingbirds can beat their wings up to 80 times a second during
normal flight and up to 200 times per second during a courtship
dive.
A hummingbird has a heart rate that can reach up to 1,260 beats
per minute.
Percentage wise, the hummingbird has the largest brain of all
birds (4.2% of its total body weight).
Hummingbirds have very weak feet and use them mainly just for
perching.
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