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  'An ashram for the hummingbird': the Trindad haven for world's tiniest bird

  

  theguardian.com

  Theo and Gloria Ferguson have created a garden specially designed to attract hummingbirds – and hundreds visit dailyAt the foot of Theo and Gloria Ferguson’s property stands a giant silk cotton tree. Reminiscent of those enchanted species in children’s fables, this ancient sentinel’s huge varicose limbs yawn upwards and outwards, towards a canopy of leaves that scratch the sky. Eight adults linking arms would struggle to encircle its vast girth, proof of the aeons it has stood guarding the edge of Trinidad’s Maracas valley. Continue reading...

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  Hummingbird's temperature can fall to 3.3C at night to preserve energy

  

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  Researchers in Andes find temperature a record for all birds and non-hibernating mammalsHummingbirds have scooped another...

  Researchers in Andes find temperature a record for all birds and non-hibernating mammalsHummingbirds have scooped another record: they are not only tiny but can reach body temperatures below that of any non-hibernating mammal and any other bird.The hummingbird is among a number of small creatures, including certain bats, that can enter a state known as daily torpor, a phenomenon where they turn down their...

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  Get a Bird Feeder, and Don't Overthink It

  

  lifehacker.com

  Birds are pretty and interesting to watch—and if you’re lazy, you don’t even need to leave...

  Birds are pretty and interesting to watch—and if you’re lazy, you don’t even need to leave the house to see them. Imagine, as you are ordering takeout some night, you could order nature to just show up at your door. Well, you can. Hang up a bird feeder.Read more...

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  Ecuadorian hummingbirds chirp ultrasonic songs of seduction

  

  phys.org

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