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That humming you hear is a hummingbird's wings as they beat up to 200 times a second. It takes a lot of energy to dart between flowers, hover in mid-air, fly backwards, and impress a mate! Hummingbirds burn food energy so fast that they need to eat 1 1/2 to 3 times their weight in food each day. If they didn't, they'd starve! How much food would you have to eat today if you burned energy as fast as this hummingbird does? Photo: © Geri DeBoer This Season Teachers Kids Orientation Registration Search Copyright 1997-2009 Journey North. All Rights Reserved. Questions or comments? Contact us.