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'Hummers' thrive on nectar
Ronald Orenstein, in his 1997 book "SONGBIRDS~ Celebrating Nature's Voices" reminds us that in the Old World, there are no hummingbirds. He quickly points out that in the New World, avian nectar feeding is dominated by hummingbirds, whose more than three hundred species far outnumber the short list of songbird nectar specialists: honeycreepers, dacnises, flower-piercers, the Orangequit - a nectar feeding finch confined to Jamaica - and the widespread Bananaquit. Overwhelmingly, 'hummers' know what they like when it comes to taste.
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