On Fri, 28 Jun 2002, Doug Butler wrote:

>Hummingbirds around here (Cape Cod Mass USA) have a wingspan of nearly 4
>inches (100 mm).  I know there are smaller species in other parts of the
>world, but unless you have some giant bees, I would never mistake a hummer
>for a bee!

You seem to be right about the size in your parts at least. More data is
here:

http://www.learner.org/jnorth/search/HummerNotes1.html#name

This page has more bird trivia, among others birds that do not stall at
5mph, birds that collide with jet liners at 37,000 feet, and hummers 2.5
inches long (which are more like what I saw).

http://www.obelus.com/birds/facts.html

For everything hummingbird:

http://www.hummingbird.org

I moved the thread to OT.

Peter

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