Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Herbivores (Plant Eaters)

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Food Habits
Although the ruby-throated hummingbird will consume insects and spiders, its primary food source is nectar. The ruby-throated hummingbird feeds on several different flowering plants, such as honeysuckle, petunias, nasturiums, and lilacs. It also consumes the sap tha runs from holes made by the yellow-bellied sap sucker. The bird prefers, however, to feed from plants that produce red flowers. Hummingbirds eat twice their body weight each day. While eating, the bird hovers above the plant, using its long beak to suck out the flower's nectar.

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