They are the smallest birds only about three inches long. Most hummingbirds are bright in color. These birds can be found in every part of America but mostly in the tropics. There are a few in the United States. They migrate along the Gulf Of Mexico about five hundred miles and nest in Mississippi.
Hummingbirds eat every ten minutes to keep up with there high metabolism.
They eat mainly sugar and as much as two-thirds of their body weight. The hummingbird's tongue has grove on the sides which helps them catch insects. The bill of the hummingbird is very long and pointed. They lick on an average, of thirteen licks a second, of nectar. They return to the same food source year after year.