References        

Thank you to all the people who gave me permission to use their pictures and videos and to those who's websites provided me with the information I needed to put my website together.  All of the following books and sites are great places to find even more information on the Ruby-throated Hummingbird!

2004.  The Last word.  New Scientist 182: 57.

Animal Diversity Web 2008

        http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html Accessed 2 April 2008

Biomechanics 2006

        http://www.biomechanics.bio.uci.edu/_html/nh_biomech/hummer/humm.htm

        Accessed 8 April 2008

Bodybuilding.com 2008 http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/sclark20.htm

        Accessed 18 April 2008

Chai, Peng and Robert Dudley.  1999.  Maximum flight performance of hummingbirds:

        Capacities, constraints, and trade-offs.  American Naturalist 153: 398-411.               

 Frequently Asked Questions Students Ask and Experts Answers 2008

        http://www.learner.org/jnorth/search/Hummer.html  Accessed 1 April 2008

Heidcamp, Arnette.  1997.  Hummingbirds:  my winter guests.  Crown Publishers, New

          York, USA       

Hummingbirds

        http://nationalzoo.si.edu/conservationandscience/migratorybirds/webcam/

        hummingbirds.cfm  Accessed 8 April 2008

Hummingbirds in Motion 2008

        http://clackhi.nclack.k12.or.us/physics/projects/rates_around_us/hummingbird% 

        20Folder/hummingbirds.htm  Accessed 30 March 2008

Journey North 2008

        http://www.learner.org/jnorth/search/HummerNotes3.html Accessed 2 April 2008

Operation Ruby-Throat “The Hummingbird Project” 2008

        http://www.rubythroat.org/RTHUHabitatMain.html Accessed 8 April 2008

Skutch, Alexander Frank.  1973.  The life of a hummingbird.  Crown Publishers, New 

         York, USA

 Zusi, Richard L. and Gregory Dean Bentz.  1984.  Myology of the purple-throated Carib

         and other hummingbirds.  Smithsonian Institute Press, Washington, USA.