How do humming birds feed their young?

Answer 1

During nesting time hummingbirds may not be as likely to come to feeders. They are feeding insects to their young with their beak. Once the young have left the nest and during the fall migration you will probably noticed increased activity at your feeder.

Answer 2

From Smithsonian "Q&A: The ultimate question and answer book about Birds".

- Songbirds, hummingbirds, woodpeckers and many others devote most of their waking hours to feeding their hungry nestlings.
- Hummingbirds have been clocked feeding nestlings once every 20 minutes.
- Many birds, including waxwings, crossbills, albatrosses, petrels, pelicans, and hummingbirds, feed their young partly digested or regurgitated meals.

Answer 3

"most of their natural diet is partially-digested insects, shoved directly down their throats all the way into their stomachs."

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Answer 4

catch food, eat the food, arrive back and puke food into little birds mouth. very simple process!!!
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Answer 5

the same way other birds do, except that they hover while they drop the worms, seeds etc into the babies mouths