Hummingbirds: Masters of the Air

With their ability to hover in place, fly upside-down or backwards, and cross seas without stopping, hummingbirds seem immune to the ordinary laws of physics. Their jewel-tone feathers flash in the sun brighter than rubies or emeralds. Their wings flap faster than the eye can see. Their courtship flights defy gravity. These tiny dynamos of the avian world both fascinate and flummox us. Find out more about one of the fiercest birds in the animal kingdom, as master birder Connie Sidles shows you the wonders of hummingbirds.

Constance Sidles is a master birder and long-time member of Birds Connect Seattle, where she served on the board, the Conservation Committee, and was chair of the Publications Committee. She teaches classes for BCS, Pilchuck Audubon, North Cascades Audubon, Whidbey Audubon, and other Audubon societies across the country.

Connie is an author with more than 600 published articles and has written four books about nature focusing on her favorite “backyard” Montlake Fill, aka Union Bay Natural Area on the UW campus.

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