I watched two humming bird videos. One about his pet hummingbird, and the second briefly where they said a hummingbird can migrate 2500 miles.
Astounding animals. First of all a comment about hummingbird feeders...Some of them just have glucose/fructos solutions for the hummingbirds. They will die of starvation with these simple solution/fluids. They need to have a feeder solution/fluid that has protein and vitamins and minerals. If you take care at a pet store, you can buy the correct feeder fluid for the little varmits.
There's a large Cymbidian Orchid plant (probably didn't spell it correctly) in my back yard, and there's a couple of hummingbirds that are visiting it...I should be a good guy and get a feeder for them.
There's another "hummingbird" you need to know of. At dusk or dawn, you can often see what looks like a hummingbird sucking nectar from flowers.
It's not a hummingbird, although its about the same size. It's a Sphynx moth. It has tapered wings that it beats with a similar frequency with a hummingbird. It has a probosis that it extends into the flower to suck out nectar. With it's high speed narrow wings and furry body, it's not what you'd think of a moth. It's very streamlined...it has a slitted pod under its head with a slit in it...there's where the probosis is coiled during flight. I has legs,...its body has groves into which the legs fold into during flight. It is extremely streamlined during flight..and to re-iterate..unlike some moths, it feeds during it's adult life.
In the larva stage, a Sphynx moth is known as a tomato worm, or a tobacco worm. I raised some as a boy. They make their cacoon in the ground. Had a cheesecloth like cage to capture when they emerged from thier cacoons...then released them.
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