April Aviary

A couple of weeks ago, Jayla saw a hummingbird, so she made some sugar water. The hummingbirds tend to come toward the beginning of April. The hummingbirds started coming to it. They are pretty.

One day Mom said to move the feeder to the back porch, so that we could watch them from the kitchen window. I like looking out the window and seeing the hummingbirds come and go, getting nectar.

Hummingbirds are the only birds that can fly backwards. Sometimes the tiny birds hit the window, but they are fine.

I can get remarkably close to them. Did you now that the word hummingbird comes from the humming noise their wings make while they are flying? They can flap their wings 50 to 200 times per second. The male hummingbird has a red patch on its neck, which is why they call it the Ruby Throated Hummingbird. He also has green and black, but the female hummingbird has only green and black coloring.

Hummingbirds are one of my favorite birds. Although little in size they are amazingly fast. They can fly from 20 to 30 miles in hour. We have had lots of fun seeing, hearing, and feeding the hummingbirds. They are so cool.

~Isaac