How do hummingbirds feed their babies?
It is june and the hummers have come back again, just as they do every summer. They are the smallest birds, but there are other things about them that make them different from other birds. You watch and wonder and ask a question. And the answer leads to another hummingbird question. The ruby throated hummingbird and his wife spend the summer and bring up their babies in and around Wichita. The papa bird is about 3 inches long. He has a thin, curved bill that measures more than a half inch. He weighs about as much as a penny.~ But his feathers glow like bright jewels. His back and sides are emerald green. His tummy is milky white, and at his throat he wears a ruby red bib. The mamma bird has a white throat instead of a ruby red one. The nest is as big as half a walnut shell. It is fixed in the fork of two branching twigs high above the ground. You would never notice it because its brown green color blends in with the tree. The two white eggs look like a pair of navy beans, and the mamma
