My 3rd grader's report on the hummingbirds outside her bedroom window

1. Hummingbirds
out your
window
By Eleanor Thornes
(Anna’s Hummingbirds)

2. Humming are very very shy
I am so lucky that I got one outside my
bedroom window. Do you know how shy
humming birds are? How well mannered
they are? How fast they flap their wings?
Well you’re just about to find out!

3. The egg and nests
I know what you are thinking, “wait an egg!”
but they are very fascinating, so are the nests.
 The eggs can fit about 18 in one chicken egg
 The nests are about 4 centimeters across
(we’ll talk about that later)
 The nests are made of spider silk to stretch as
they get older
 There are about 2 eggs in every nest

4. The baby birds are pushing the
nest to do something, but what?

5. Babies need no practice
These babies need no practice in almost
swallowing their momma’s whole beak!

7. Better than dogs
Baby hummingbirds are better mannered
than dogs. Do you know why? Look on the
rim of their nest!

8. The size is important!
The thumb is two cm The nest is 1 in and ¼
across . tall

9. Weird! Traits they share
Babies look like
dinos!
They lay Some even
eggs! had feathers
they have
small, pointy,
orange,
beaks!
They have
bumps on
their heads

10. Extra cool facts!
 They flap their wings 75 times per second at
average.
 The humming never walks on ground ever.
 They use so much energy that they need food
every 15 minuets that’s so much calories that
we would need 155,000 calories a day if we
did that! We would need 285 pounds of
hamburger if we burned that much!

11. I say thanks to,
 EstherTyrrell (for making “Hummingbirds:
Jewels in the Sky”)
 my mom Erika Thornes (for taking
pictures)
 And my 3rd grade teacher (for
recommending this)

12. THE END