Anon Squee alert: A hummingbird feeds its teeny-tiny chicks (boingboing.net)
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Anon Squee alert: A hummingbird feeds its teeny-tiny chicks (boingboing.net)
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'While the size and weight of a baby hummingbird will vary with the species, chicks are about one inch long, and weigh about .62 grams when born. '
'Oh my goodness, baby hummingbirds are so incredibly small and darling. '
'Chicks need to eat every 20 minutes and the energy it takes to keep herself and her babies fed can take its toll. '
'I had no idea.…Their eggs are only about the size of a coffee bean, while the nest of a ruby-throated hummingbird is about the size of half a walnut shell. '
'That they eat mosquitoes, gnats, and aphids is a great reason to try to attract hummingbirds to your backyard. '
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