Have you ever wondered how to tell someone what a hummingbird actually looks like? This short and enformative will video will help you do so more effectively. The video contains many intresting facts about the hummingbird that will help you to do so more effectively.
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Long Absence Number 2 Explained
This is Hummingbird here.I am sorry that there has not been any new post in quite sometime, but the reason for it was quite unexpected and could not be avoided; I was once again recently hospitalized without warning.Once again, my right leg was extremely swollen, reddish, bruised and hot to the touch so I was readmitted to the hospital.
It was determined that I still had a condition known as Cellulitis, an infection that gets into the body often as the result of a cut, scratch or bug bite. The doctors still are uncertain as to why I developed the condition in the first place. As a result, I was then admitted to the hospital once again and given massive doses of IV antibiotics for the next several days. This time a variety of test were also run but unfortunately there is no definitive answers on how to teat and prevent the condition.
I am not yet back to feeling full strength yet. I am still weak and tire quite easily and even still have some discomfort in my leg and foot. At the moment, the doctors and I are left trying to find the necessary answers. Please pray that the necessary answers will soon be found, because this condition is extremely painful and difficult to continually endure.
Please forgive that there have not been any new post for so long, but my absence could not be avoided or predicted.
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The Hummingbird’s Long Journey
The migration of a hummingbird can be quite lengthy. The exact length of this journey will depend on which specific species of hummingbird to which you are referring. The Rufous Hummingbird is the hummingbird with the longest migratory journey, a whopping 3000 miles in length from Alaska to Mexico. The Ruby-throated Hummingbird’s journey is 500 miles non-stop each way across the Gulf of Mexico. Isn’t it amazing how birds so small can make and survive a journey of such length?
Someone who was out of granulated table sugar asked me "can’t I just substitute diluted honey in the hummingbird feeder? Absolutely not! This is what has prompted me to write this post as an important reminder to those wanting to fill their hummingbird feeders. Never put honey in your hummingbird feeders! The honey can develop a fungus that is fatal to hummingbirds.
The only thing that should be used to make homemade nectar is white granulated table sugar. This is because its chemical composition is closest to the sugar concentration found in flower nectar. If a flowers nectar concentration is less than 15% the hummingbirds will pass the flowers by because the hummingbirds want the sugar concentration to be around 25%.
No other sugars should be used to make homemade nectar solution. Please do not use the following: diluted brown sugar,molasses, or artificial sweeteners. These things can’t provide the hummingbirds with the sugar concentrations necessary for the birds to survive.
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When Do Hummingbirds Eat?
A hummingbird will eat for the first time that day about a half hour before the sun comes up. The hummingbird will stop eating every day about a half hour after it is dark. It may surprise you to discover that a hummingbird will eat 25% of its daily food intake within the first hour of awakening. The hummingbird will also intake large amounts of food just before going to sleep to help ensure that they don’t starve to death before morning, which can occur in as little as two hours.