| Birds Facts |
| Ducks provide us with eggs, meat and feathers. |
| Ducks can live from 2-12 years, depending on the species. |
| Although male hummers are more colorful than female hummers, female hummingbirds are relatively colorful. |
| Normal flight speed for a hummingbird is 25 to 30 mph, but hummers can dive at speeds of up to 60 mph. |
| Hummingbirds eat both nectar and the small insects found near the nectar. |
| More than 90 percent of the parrots imported into the United States are probably wild caught. |
| It is thought that two million parrots alone are legally or illegally traded each year.
More than 1.8 million parrots legally entered the international trade from 1982-1988 of which 80 percent were imported into the United States. |
| Recent figures suggest that 40 percent of these species are threatened primarily by habitat destruction, 17 percent primarily by trade, 36 percent by a combination of the two causes and 7 percent by other factors. |
| Owls swallow their prey hole because they have no teeth. After approximately 12 hours they cough up the feathers, bones, and fur in a shape of a football pellet. |
| The world's smallest owl is the elf owl which weighs 1.5 ounces and is the size of a sparrow. |
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