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Amazing Hummingbirds of the World

Denis Kania of the Dupage Birding Club explores the anatomical features that allow these birds’ unconventional flight, their role as pollinators, and their fascinating relationships with plants.

Of all the bird families in the world, for Denis Kania none are as interesting as hummingbirds. Sadly, with only one regularly-occurring species here in Illinois, Denis has had to travel to enjoy this unique family of birds. Counting four "newly-acquired" species from a trip to Jamaica, he has now seen 210 hummingbird species. It has taken many years and many trips to Central and South America to track them all down, and Denis has many first-hand reports of these aerial acrobats to share. Hummingbirds seem to break all the rules. They fly upside down and backwards. They have adapted to freezing temperatures, alternate migration patterns, and plant evolution. Denis will explore the anatomical features that allow these birds’ unconventional flight, their role as pollinators, and their fascinating relationships with plants. For such tiny creatures they are simply amazing!  

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