Do Hummingbirds Hum?: Fascinating Answers to Questions about Hummingbirds

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Do Hummingbirds Hum? Animal Q&A: Fascinating Answers to Questions about Animals Animal Q&A books invite readers to explore the secret lives of animals. Covering everything from their basic biology to their complex behaviors at every stage of life to issues in conservation , these richly illustrated books provide detailed information in an accessible style that brings to life the science and natural history of a variety of species. Do Butterflies Bite? Fascinating Answers to Questions about Butterflies and Moths by Hazel Davies and Carol A. Butler Do Bats Drink Blood? Fascinating Answers to Questions about Bats, by Barbara A. Schmidt-French and Carol A. Butler Why Do Bees Buzz? Fascinating Answers to Questions about Bees, by Elizabeth Capaldi Evans and Carol A. Butler Do Hummingbirds Hum? Fascinating Answers to Questions about Hummingbirds George C. West and Carol A. Butler Rutgers University Press NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY, AND LONDON Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data West, George C. Do hummingbirds hum? : fascinating answers to questions about hummingbirds / George C. West and Carol A. Butler. p. cm. — (Animal Q & A) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8135-4738-1 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Hummingbirds—Miscellanea. I. Butler, Carol A., 1943– II. Title. QL696.A558W47 2010 598.7′64—dc22 2009049511 A British Cataloging-in-Publication record for this book is available from the British Library. Black-and-white illustrations and photographs are by George C. West, unless otherwise noted. Copyright © 2010 by George C. West and Carol A. Butler All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the publisher. Please contact Rutgers University Press, 100 Joyce Kilmer Avenue, Piscataway, NJ 08854–8099. The only exception to this prohibition is “fair use” as defined by U.S. copyright law. Visit our Web site: http://rutgerspress.rutgers.edu Manufactured in the United States of America ...