Facilitator: Mike Hastings

Hummingbirds are the only birds that fly forward, backward, sideways and upside down! These are the tiniest of birds and may travel great distances during migration.  Banding of a Rufous Hummingbird revealed that it had migrated from Florida to Alaska - about 3,500 miles. There are more than 320 different species of hummingbirds and they are only found in North and South America.

This course will discuss

• What is a hummingbird?
• How are hummingbirds like and unlike other birds?
• What are the elements of a hummingbird's life cycle?
• Where and when do they migrate?
• How to attract and enjoy hummingbirds?
• The history of human's relationship to this bird - in culture, in legend, the arts and popular imagination.