Eggs are laid from mid-April to July. Two white eggs about the size of a pea are incubated for 16 days. Young fly about 20-22 days after hatching. Hummingbirds will usually nest twice each nesting season, but have been known to nest 3 times in one year. A hummingbird is capable of traveling at speeds up to 60 miles an hour.
Hummingbirds are the only birds capable of flying backwards.
In fall, when the flowers begin to fade, the hummingbirds begin their migration southward to their winter range. Do not remove your feeders until you have not observed any hummingbirds for at least a few weeks. During this time, hummers are on the move, and your feeders may be providing much needed energy to birds passing through. Contrary to popular reports, feeders will not encourage hummers to stay later than they should. The birds that we see at our feeders toward the end of the breeding season are often late fledglings.