Everybody loves hummingbirds, and these tiny feathered dynamos can be used to help students of all ages learn about science, math, geography, culture, and virtually any academic discipline. Operation RubyThroat is an award-winning cross-disciplinary project in which participants in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and Central America collaborate to study behavior and distribution of the Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris). K-12 teachers and students and citizen scientists of all ages are i ...

BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD (Archilochus alexandri) While its common name, "black-chinned hummingbird," is simple enough to not need an etymological (word origin) explanation, the scientific name, Archilochus alexandri, does not share the same fate. Three dictionaries of bird names provide three distinct etymologies. One states that the generic name, Archilochus, honors a 6th century B. C. Thracian poet who was ...

Costa's Hummingbird Nests In Ridgecrest, Calif. The Lady of the Lamp For TWELVE consecutive years, a Costa's Hummingbird (Calypte costae) had nested in the bottom of a lamp in my patio. However, in 2005 I moved to a new residence but I did take the lamps with me. I hope to start a new nest streak once I get settled. The picture on the left is of the first nest for 1997. The picture on the right is one the lamps which is 10 feet from the ground. Ridgecrest is a community in the Mojave Dese ...

Costa's Hummingbird Nests In Ridgecrest, Calif. The Lady of the Lamp For TWELVE consecutive years, a Costa's Hummingbird (Calypte costae) had nested in the bottom of a lamp in my patio. However, in 2005 I moved to a new residence but I did take the lamps with me. I hope to start a new nest streak once I get settled. The picture on the left is of the first nest for 1997. The picture on the right is one the lamps which is 10 feet from the ground. Ridgecrest is a community in the Mojave Dese ...

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female Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Archilochus colubris Scientific Name: The genus name combines two Greek words, arch (chief) and lochos (a body of people). The species name is Latin meaning "serpent," but was probably a spelling mistake, with the author meaning colibre (hummingbird). Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Aves Order: Apodiformes Family: Trochilidae Size: 10 cm (3.9 in) in length. Color: Metallic green above; white below. Male has metallic ruby throat and ...

HUMMINGBIRDS The hummingbird is the only bird which can fly sideways, forwards and backwards. The bird with the fastest wingbeat is the horned sungem hummingbird. It beats its wings 90 times a second. The hummingbird is an excellent hoverer, which makes sipping nectar from flowers dead easy. Go to contents

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