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The Green Violet Eared Hummingbird

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The Green Violet Eared Hummingbird can be found at elevations as high as 13,000 feet. This is a tropical species of hummingbird which is known to breed from Mexico south to Bolivia.

Here is a fact about the Green Violet Eared Hummingbird that you will most likely find quite surprising. I know this information was completely unexpected to me. There have been two to documented occurrences of the Green Violet Eared Hummingbird in the North Carolina mountains. One took place in Asheville in late October of 1987. The other occurred in Burnsville in September of 1995.

The factual information for this post came from the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. I wish to give proper credit for this information.

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Hummingbird Food

Water Concerns and Hummingbird Nectar Solution

Are you concerned that your tap water contains heavy chemicals and that this may make the water unsafe to use when making homemade hummingbird nectar solution? If so, this post will provide you with the information you seek on how to solve this issue.

If you wish to avoid the use of tap water because you fear it contains heavy chemicals, you can use either bottled or purified water as an alternative water source when making homemade nectar solution. You can also boil your tap water as a way to purify it prior to adding the sugar to it. All these things will help ensure that your water source has been purified and that heavy chemicals in it will not cause the nectar solution to be unsafe for the hummingbirds that you wish to attract to your yard.

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How Does a Hummingbird Groom Itself?

Every animal wants to look its best when trying to attract a mate or maybe the animal just wishes to clean itself. The hummingbird is no different and wishes to groom every part of its body. Have you ever wondered how a hummingbird goes about grooming itself? The answer will depend largely on what part of its body the hummingbird wants to groom. This post will explain how the hummingbird grooms itself.

The hummingbird’s bill and claws are the tools it uses to groom its self. The “cleaning agent” (for lack of a better term) the bird uses to accomplish the task of cleaning itself is oil from a gland near their tail. The hummingbird will groom their wings, abdomen, tail feathers and back. When the hummingbird wants to groom its head and neck, the bird will do so by using its front three claws like a comb. When a hummingbird wishes to groom their beak or neck, the hummingbird will do so by rubbing them against a twig.

Even in the animal kingdom, grooming is an important task and each animal has their own unique method of accomplishing this task. My desire is that this post has helped you better understand how hummingbirds accomplish this task.