http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Steve+Peek Pets Steve Peek Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=352162&ca=Pets For those of you living in the northern states, February may seem like a strange time to be thinking about hummingbirds, but residents of Florida and the Gulf States know that these tiny intercontinental travelers first start reappearing then. After wintering in Mexico and Central America they are g... Pets Steve Peek Sat, 14 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=346577&ca=Pets Hummingbird Migration… How Far, How Fast, and Why? What is faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive (pound for pound), can leap tall buildings in a single bound and eats the equivalent of 278 Big Macs a day, just to keep from losing weight? So, you figured it out. I am talking... Pets Steve Peek Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=344227&ca=Pets Who is living in your backyard? You might be surprised. Anyone who has ever hung a bird feeder from a tree branch has experienced the delight of watching our natural neighbors as they make their daily rounds. People who live in high-rise apartments and condos or in areas where a bird feeder is not p... Pets Steve Peek Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=343086&ca=Pets Important diet supplement Hummingbird feeders dispense liquid, not seeds. The mainstay of a hummingbird’s diet is made up of insects and spiders. The liquid in your feeder is more like “emergency rations” to your birds. During a typical day a hummingbird will collect nectar from about 100 different... Pets Steve Peek Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=340422&ca=Pets Before you create a hummingbird habitat in your backyard, there are several important things you must know, and do, to attract these beautiful creatures and to protect them. The selection of a good hummingbird feeder, placement of the feeder, maintenance of the hummingbird feeder and choice of food... Pets Steve Peek Fri, 26 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=331687&ca=Pets Hummingbirds notoriously have a high wing-beat rate, and it is its fast wing-beat rate that generates the hum for which the hummingbird is named. High Metabolism Rate The largest of hummingbirds, the Giant Hummingbird (Patagona gigas), grow to be about 24g and have an average wing-beat rate of 8-10...