Answers To Questions About Birds
- Birds eat Seeds and grains, sugar water, nuts and baked goods, and suet and mealworms. Predator birds eat various types of meat, such as mice, snakes and previously killed animals http://www.buzzle.com/articles/what-do-birds-eat.html
- 50% of all birds live in the Amazon and Indonesia http://rainforests.mongabay.com/0411.htm
- Small birds living in tropical regions can live for about 1.5 years, but only 80% of birds reach adulthood. Bigger birds, sea birds, and tropical birds can live about ten times longer http://www.countrysideinfo.co.uk/bird_lifespan.htm
- Researchers tracked a female bar-tailed godwit and found that it traveled 7,150 miles in a week http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0911-bird.html. Depending on the type of bird, the amount of time birds can fly varies. Bigger birds tend to soar and use less energy, smaller birds flap there wings really fast, and need to rest more often. http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/aug98/902268826.Zo.r.html
- There are more than 10,000 species of birds http://rainforests.mongabay.com/0411.htm
- http://www.life123.com/sports/bird-watching/bird-facts/what-is-the-biggest-bird.shtml The biggest bird in the world is an ostrich, the largest bird that can fly is the Andean Condor. The largest pet bird is the Hyacinth Macaw
- The smallest bird is the male bee hummingbirds, which are from cuba and weigh .056 oz and are about 2.75 inches long. Their bill and tail are half its lengthhttp://www.victorialodging.com/recreation/birding/small-big-fast-slow
- The fastest bird is the peregrine falcon, which can fly at least 124 mph http://www.victorialodging.com/recreation/birding/small-big-fast-slow
- The American woodcock flies as slow as 5 mph http://www.victorialodging.com/recreation/birding/small-big-fast-slow
- Birds have to eat twice a day, once in the morning, and enough at night to last them for the remainder of the evening http://www.wildlifegarden.co.uk/behaviour.html
- Since 1800, 103 species of birds have become extinct. 12% of birds are at a serious risk of becoming extinct in 100 years http://www.camacdonald.com/birding/actionalerts.html
- Estimate of 200 billion to 400 billion total birds http://www.springerlink.com/content/g462245897502720/
