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| Description: Abut 3 1/2 inches long, the
male has green upper parts, an iridescent red throat, white breast and
belly, and black on the head and tail. The female has a whitish throat
and underbelly. She lays 2 eggs that hatch in 16 days. The young leave
the nest in one month.
Habitat: Hummingbirds live in woods, orchards, parks and gardens. They build a cup shaped nest on a tree limb. The nest s made of plant down, flakes of lichen and bud scales bound together with spiders web. Foods: They eat flower nectar and sugar water from feeders, but rely on ants, beetles, mosquitoes and spiders for protein. Did you know?: Ruby throated must often
fight bumblebees access to flowers.
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