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Welcome to BirdTracks®
Online!
An email newsletter from
Wild Birds Unlimited
for April 2005.
In This
Issue:
- Bird of the
Month: Hummingbird
- Products to Attract and
Enjoy Hummingbirds
(hint: Mother's Day is
May 8th!).
- The hummingbirds have arrived!
Migration map.
- Photographer's Mecca at Tule Lake,
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Bird of the Month:
Hummingbird
Here
are some fascinating fun facts about hummingbirds: (photo
by Danielle
Haney)
- There are 18 Hummingbird species
in North America. They are found no where else in the world
except the New World (North, Central, South America.)
- The oldest known wild
Hummingbird on record was a Broad-tailed Hummingbird that
was over 12 years old.
- There are over 325 species of
Hummingbirds, making them the second largest bird family in
the world.
- Hummingbirds weigh 1/10 of an
ounce; about the weight of a penny.
- Hummingbirds' brains are about
the size of a BB.
- Hummingbirds have such
underdeveloped legs that they are unable to walk.
- A mother hummingbird weighs only
about 8 times more than her egg.
- They lay the world's smallest
bird egg.
- Hummingbirds generally lay 2
eggs about the size of a blueberry.
- Ruby-throated Hummingbirds have
one of the highest nesting success rates of any Neotropical
migrant.
- They use spider webs as glue to
attach the nest to a tree branch as well as a binding agent
for the building materials.
- The nest is about the size of a
golf ball; around 1 ½ inches in diameter.
- Hummingbirds eat about every 10
minutes.
- They do not have an innate
preference for red. Each hummingbird must learn the
association between red flowers and
food.
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Products to Enjoy and Attract
Hummingbirds
(hint: Mother's Day is May
8th!)
Our most popular
feeder for Mother's Day is our 16-ounce
hummingbird feeder shown here. It includes a built-in
ant trap and a frosted measuring scale for easy filling. It
has 6 ports and the nectar solution recipe is printed under
the lid. Be sure to stop by Wild
Birds Unlimited for a great selection of unique gifts
perfect for mom (and Mother
Nature!). | |
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The hummingbirds have
arrived!
As you can see in the map below,
the Ruby-throated Hummingbird is well on its way into North
America. Click the image for the most up-to-date migration
map.
Image courtesy Lanny
Chambers at hummingbirds.net.
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 Pathways To Nature®
Travel Log: Photographer's Mecca at Tule Lake,
CA
If bird photography is your
game, the Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge in
northeast California should be at the top of your
list for places to see. And, thanks to a $23,500
grant from the Pathways
To Nature Conservation Fund, you might find
yourself nose to beak with a White Pelican, or
Clark's Grebe, or any of dozens of other species
found on Tule Lake.
With the Pathways
funding, Refuge staff built a photography blind at
the end of a 700' long, handicap accessible trail.
The blind puts photographers and birders at the
edge of a sandbar in Tule Lake, which is
surrounded by cattails and bulrushes. Sometimes
birds approach as close as 20' to 25', providing
full frame images. Waterfowl, shorebirds, herons,
egrets, and rails are just a few of the species
you might encounter.
To help ensure
undisturbed viewing, the Refuge requires
reservations for early morning photo safaris.
Birders and nature lovers are also welcome to come
and enjoy this unique opportunity to join the
birds in their wetlands haunts. So grab your
camera and binoculars and head west ... the birds
of Tule Lake await you.
For more
information, visit:
http://klamathbasinrefuges.fws.gov/tulelake/tulelake.html
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The Pathways
To Nature Conservation Fund is a partnership
between Wild Birds Unlimited stores and the National
Fish and Wildlife Foundation to fund
environmental education and wildlife viewing
projects. We encourage all of our customers to
visit these incredible places. Your patronage
helped make these projects possible! |
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