Hummingbird

  Do you know what is the smallest bird in the world? This is the hummingbird. It sits on a stem of gras.
  The hummingbird is not only the smallest bird in the world, but it is the only bird that flies like a helicopter. It can fly from side to side. And it can fly backward as well as forward.
  Hummingbird have more than 300 different kinds. You can see only about 18 of these different kind in the United States. Many of hummingbirds make a humming sound using their wings. They are named from this. The moving of hummingbird's wings are too fast to see them for us. When the bird feeds from a flowers, it seems to hang in the air.
  It is not hard for this little bird to go to for places. One kind of hummingbird flies thousands of miles. It goes south in the fall. And it goes north in the spring. Hummingbird can advance about a mile a minute with its little wings.
  Probably, you think that the bird would be very much afraid of larger birds because it is so small. But not the hummingbird! This little bird fights to repulse with its long bill. It has been known to make an eagle fly away!
  The hummingbird lays two white eggs. They are about as large as little peas. The young hatch in two weeks. The babies are ready to leave the nest in about three weeks.
  The hummingbird is very brave. And it is so beautiful. It is called a flying flower.

Written by KT
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