Hummer Types

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        Anna's                       Antillean Crested                      Blk Chinned                  Broad Billed

      Costa                          Green Throat Carib              Jamaican Mango          Purple Throat Carib

Ruby Throat                               Rufous                            Swallow Tail 

Hummingbirds are birds from the Americas that are among the smallest of birds, most species measuring 3–5 inches in length and some  weighing less than 0.07 oz.

They hover in mid-air at rapid wing-flapping rates, which vary from around 12 beats per second to in excess of 80 in some of the smallest. Speeds exceed 34 mph and some species can dive at speeds in excess of  49 mph

Hummingbirds have the highest metabolism of any animal. To conserve energy when food is scarce, and nightly when not foraging, they can go into torpor, a state similar to hibernation, slowing metabolic rate to 1/15th of its normal rate.