Colibris, Chemin des
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Hummingbird Road! Another fanciful road name! Is there a great proliferation of hummingbirds along this road? For you to discover! Hummingbirds (trochilidae) hardly need a description. They are the smallest of all birds; iridescent, with long needle-like bills for sipping nectar from flowers. The wing-motion is so rapid that the wings look blurry, and they are the only group of birds with the ability to fly backwards. The ruby-throated hummingbird is the only eastern species. Hummingbirds hover in place while eating – and seem rather territorial and aggressive, as any observer of these little birds will attest! They come to our area around Mother's Day and always seem to leave by the end of September.
From the “I didn't know that!” department gleaned from Wikipedia: many species of hummingbirds use spider silk to bind the nest material together and secure the structure to its support. The unique properties of silk allow the nest to expand with the growing young. Mother Nature knows best!
De la famille des trochilidae, le colibri est le plus petit des oiseaux et celui qui est présent dans l'est du Canada se nomme colibri à gorge de rubis.[1]
Les colibris se nourrissent en volant sur place et sont querelleurs. Le nectar des fleurs rouges est leur nourriture préférée avec les araignées et autres petits insectes. Le mâle a la gorge d’un rouge rutilant, un dos vert irisé et une queue fourchue. La femelle n’a pas la gorge rouge et sa queue tachetée de blanc est plutôt arrondie.[2]
[1] Source : Topos sur le Web.
[2] Source : Roger Tory Peterson, Les oiseaux de l’est de l’Amérique du Nord.
- Titre
- Colibris, Chemin des
- Thème
- Birds | Oiseaux
- Identifiant
- PN-C-25
- Collections
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