Description: Any of numerous New World birds of the family Trochilidae, usually very small in size and having brilliant iridescent plumage, a long slender bill, and wings capable of beating very rapidly, thereby enabling the bird to hover.
Habitat/Food: A hummingbird nest can be very difficult to spot, not only because of its minuscule size, but because Mrs. Hummer is very conscientious about camouflaging it from predators or other intruders. She usually lays only two tiny white eggs, each about the size of a bean or a pea, in the nest. Humming birds eat plant nectar, pollen, and insects in the wild, but they are always anxious for some easy pickings from a hummingbird feeder.
Interesting Fact: In their non stop quest for fuel, Hummingbirds may visit 1,000 flower per day. For protein, hummingbirds eat spiders and strain gnats from mid-air. They will pull insects out of spiderwebs including the spider itself. Sapsucker holes are a double treat, netting both insects and sap!