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Shop Online Own a Franchise Store Locator Our Products Your Backyard Birds Get Close to Nature Search No-Mess Blends Seed Cylinders   Birds > Hummingbirds Annas Hummingbird The male hummingbird’s gorget (throat patch) is iridescent and reflects certain color wavelengths. Some of these unique throat colors can b

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Donate Now Shop Search Term Toggle navigation Main Menu Visit Animals Membership Science Education Support Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center About Research Learn Get Involved Bird Friendly Coffee Hummingbirds Tiny, pugnacious, and jewel-like, hummingbirds are pretty easy to attract to a garden and fun to have around.

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Hummingbirds are New World bird s that constitute the family Trochilidae. They are among the smallest of birds, most species measuring in the range. Indeed, the smallest extant bird species is a hummingbird, the bee hummingbird weighing less than a U.S. penny g). They are known as hummingbirds because of the humming so