{"id":6811,"date":"2010-07-31T18:28:19","date_gmt":"2010-08-01T01:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefreequark.com\/?p=6811"},"modified":"2010-07-31T18:28:19","modified_gmt":"2010-08-01T01:28:19","slug":"6811-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/?p=6811","title":{"rendered":"Floating Fast Like a Hummingbird"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_6814\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefreequark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/hummingbird1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6814\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6814\" title=\"hummingbird1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefreequark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/hummingbird1.jpg\" alt=\"Anna's Hummingbird Feeding on Nectar\" width=\"700\" height=\"514\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6814\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anna&#39;s Hummingbird - \u00a9ingridtaylar<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/guide\/annas_hummingbird\/id\">Anna&#8217;s Hummingbird<\/a> &#8211;&gt; <em>Calypte anna<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Hummingbird Factoids:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hummingbirds occur only in the New World. There are occasional reports of hummingbirds in Europe but they&#8217;re thought to be escaped from captivity. Fossilized skeletons of ancient hummingbirds were, however, found in Germany.<\/li>\n<li>Hummingbird wings flap at about 80 flaps\/second during normal flight. Their heart beats at 1200 beats per minute during feeding or flying.<\/li>\n<li>The range of Anna&#8217;s Hummingbirds has expanded, in part, due to milder temperatures northward as well as increased availability of food in ornamental gardens.<\/li>\n<li>Anna&#8217;s eat nectar from plants as well as small insects.<\/li>\n<li>Baby hummingbirds are fully grown when they leave the nest.<\/li>\n<li>Anna&#8217;s Hummingbirds are found throughout California, north into British Columbia and east to Texas.<\/li>\n<li>Hummingbirds can enter <a href=\"https:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/grrlscientist\/2006\/04\/hummingbirds_and_torpor.php\">torpor<\/a> while they sleep &#8212; a state similar to hibernation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This article from <a href=\"https:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/grrlscientist\/2006\/04\/hummingbirds_and_torpor.php\">Living the Scientific Life<\/a> explains torpor in more detail. The writer also describes the hummingbird&#8217;s energy requirements, along with other info about hummingbird survival:<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/grrlscientist\/2006\/04\/hummingbirds_and_torpor.php\">How Do Hummingbirds Survive Cold Nights?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6815\" style=\"width: 603px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefreequark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/hummingbird2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6815\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6815\" title=\"hummingbird2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefreequark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/hummingbird2.jpg\" alt=\"Anna's Hummingbird\" width=\"593\" height=\"700\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6815\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anna&#39;s Hummingbird - \u00a9ingridtaylar<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6816\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefreequark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/hummingbird3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6816\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6816\" title=\"hummingbird3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefreequark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/hummingbird3.jpg\" alt=\"Anna's Hummingbird in Flight\" width=\"700\" height=\"462\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6816\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anna&#39;s Hummingbird in Flight<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Hummingbird<\/em><\/strong><strong> by Wilco<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\" codebase=\"https:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/C6-hIczcC-A&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/C6-hIczcC-A&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hummingbirds occur only in the New World. There are occasional reports of hummingbirds in Europe but they&#8217;re thought to be escaped from captivity. 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