Forum: Winni Wildlife
10-22-2004, 08:56 AM
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Forum: Winni Wildlife
09-23-2004, 04:55 AM
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One of this year's 10-best photos
I found a hummingbird feather on the dock, and showed it around. Everybody asked what it was -- when I thought it was obvious~ (Admittedly, it was extremely small -- like one of those hemlock...
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Forum: Winni Wildlife
06-04-2004, 06:14 PM
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Hummingbirds are pretty old as bird species go.
In my May 8th issue of Science News (just getting around to reading it), there's an article about a pair of hummingbird fossils that date to 34 million years ago.
The previous hummingbird fossil...
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Forum: Winni Wildlife
05-08-2004, 08:39 PM
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In the Eastern U.S., it would be a very rare...
In the Eastern U.S., it would be a very rare hummingbird if it wasn't a Ruby-Throat. The females are much less "showy", have more green than red coloration, but still have the iridescence in their...
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Forum: Winni Wildlife
05-07-2004, 06:24 PM
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Forum: Winni Wildlife
05-06-2004, 06:21 AM
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Bumblebirds
My latest Science News magazine shows hummingbirds are doing just fine on bugs.
I'd known that they fed their nestlings on bugs, but this article shows hummingbirds snapping fruit flies (black...
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Forum: Winni Wildlife
05-04-2004, 08:11 AM
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