Hey there! Today, we’re going to learn about one of the most amazing birds in the world: hummingbirds. These little birds are the tiniest of all birds. The smallest one, called the bee hummingbird, is only about 5 centimeters long, which is about the size of your finger. It weighs just 2 grams, like a small paperclip!
Let’s explore the different parts of a hummingbird. They have a beak, two eyes, two feet, two wings, and a tail. Their beak is long and thin, like a needle. This helps them drink nectar, which is a sweet juice found inside flowers. Sometimes, they also eat tiny insects.
Hummingbirds have super-fast wings that beat more than 70 times in just one second! This is what makes the humming sound you hear when they fly. They are the only birds that can hover in one place and fly backwards. Some can even fly upside down. Isn’t that incredible?
Did you know that hummingbirds are important for nature? When they drink nectar from flowers, they help spread pollen, which helps plants grow new flowers. So, these tiny birds play a big role in keeping our world beautiful!
That’s all for now! I hope you enjoyed learning about hummingbirds. See you next time!
Build a Hummingbird Feeder: With the help of an adult, create a simple hummingbird feeder using a small plastic bottle and some string. Fill it with a sugar-water solution (1 part sugar to 4 parts water) and hang it outside. Observe if any hummingbirds visit your feeder. Discuss with your friends or family why hummingbirds might be attracted to your feeder and what you notice about their behavior.
Hummingbird Wing Experiment: Try to flap your arms as fast as a hummingbird flaps its wings. Count how many times you can flap your arms in 10 seconds. Compare this with the 70 times per second that a hummingbird can flap its wings. Discuss why you think hummingbirds need to flap their wings so quickly and how it helps them hover and fly in different directions.
Flower Observation Walk: Take a walk in your garden or a nearby park and look for flowers. Notice the different colors and shapes. Imagine you are a hummingbird. Which flowers would you visit and why? Talk about how the colors and shapes of flowers might help hummingbirds find nectar and how this helps the flowers too.
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G’day! Today we’re going to take a look at, in my opinion, one of the most fascinating birds of all: hummingbirds. These tiny birds are the smallest of all birds. The smallest, the bee hummingbird, is just 5 centimeters long—about the length of your finger—and weighs just 2 grams—about the weight of a paperclip.
Let’s take a look at the different parts of a hummingbird. They have a beak, two eyes, two feet, two wings, and a tail. A hummingbird’s needle-like beak and long tongue help it to feed on nectar, a sweet liquid found inside flowers. Some also eat small insects.
Hummingbirds’ wings beat really fast—more than 70 times in one second! This creates the humming sound that hummingbirds are famous for. Another cool thing I learned about hummingbirds is that they are the only birds that can hover and fly backwards. Some can even fly upside down. Amazing!
Oh, and on that note, gotta fly! See you next time!
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