BetterBirds.ca       The place to find products and information for
                                                                            North American birds             

Back  |  Print

10 Amazing Facts About Birds

Here is a list of our top 10 interesting facts about birds.

1)  Hummingbird eggs are so small that a penny would completely cover 3 of them.  The usual brood is only 2 eggs.

2)  Over 100 million birds die annually by crashing into glass windows in the United States.

3 )  In 1681, the last Dodo bird died.
4)  Blue Jays can imitate the sound of hawks.

5)  Baby robins eat 14 feet of earthworms every day.

6)  Geese save energy by flying in a V- formation.

7)     A woodpecker can peck 20 times a second.

8)  Some parrot species, in the wild, must fly over 500 miles a day to forage for food.

9)  The mockingbird has the ability to imitate the sounds of 40 different birds.

10)  An owl can rotate it’s head by 180 degrees on either side.