Hummingbirds

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Hummingbirds
A PORTRAIT OF THE ANIMAL WORLD
With 80 full-colour illustiations
The hummingbird is truly extraordinary. It is, of course, most famous for its diminuitive size; even the largest of these little birds weighs barely half an ounce; the tiniest, at barely two inches long, is the smallest of all warm-blooded creatures. But the hummingbird is notable on so many other counts. Its amazing ability to hover in midair and even to fly upside down, its vividly hued iridescent plumage, its specialised feeding habits, its extraordinary migration patterns, and its unusual courtship and mating rituals make it unique in the realm of ornithology.
With well over three hundred different species, hummingbirds comprise a major distinctive group of birds. Found only in the Americas, hummingbirds are the second-largest class of birds confined to the New World. Although only a single species, the ruby-throated hummingbird, is prevalent in most of the United States, in fact sixteen species... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Hummingbirds
A PORTRAIT OF THE ANIMAL WORLD
With 80 full-colour illustiations
The hummingbird is truly extraordinary. It is, of course, most famous for its diminuitive size; even the largest of these little birds weighs barely half an ounce; the tiniest, at barely two inches long, is the smallest of all warm-blooded creatures. But the hummingbird is notable on so many other counts. Its amazing ability to hover in midair and even to fly upside down, its vividly hued iridescent plumage, its specialised feeding habits, its extraordinary migration patterns, and its unusual courtship and mating rituals make it unique in the realm of ornithology.
With well over three hundred different species, hummingbirds comprise a major distinctive group of birds. Found only in the Americas, hummingbirds are the second-largest class of birds confined to the New World. Although only a single species, the ruby-throated hummingbird, is prevalent in most of the United States, in fact sixteen species regularly occur north of Mexico.
The charm and seeming rarity of hummingbirds have made them a favorite motif on gift items, but few people realise that they are actually neither rare nor difficult to observe in real life. In fact, it's remarkably easy to attract hummingbirds to the yard, and thrilling to witness one of these little creatures fhtting about just outside the window. Along with descriptions of the hummingbird's habits, this beautiful volume offers suggestions for attracting them to the garden, and the spectacular colour photographs capture this exquisite little creature in all its tiny glory. Vissza