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How Hummingbirds Hover

How Hummingbirds Hover

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 Hummingbirds are the only birds that can hover again and again, all day long. Here's how they do it: wings that are mostly hand, strokes that lift on the way back, oversized muscles, a sugar-powered engine, and eyes that keep them locked in place. Inside this episode: - A Wing That's Mostly Hand - Lift on the Way Back - The Engine - Running on Sugar - Holding Still in a Moving World Sources include the references linked below. Sources and further reading: - [Warrick, Tobalske & Powers 2005, Aerodynamics of the hovering hummingbird, Nature](https://www.nature.com/articles/nature03647) - [Ingersoll, Haizmann & Lentink 2018, Biomechanics of hover performance in Neotropical hummingbirds versus bats, Science Advances](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6157961) - [Altshuler & Welch 2025, Extraordinary creatures: hummingbirds, Journal of Experimental Biology](https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/228/11/jeb250963/368243/Extraordinary-creatures-hummingbirds) - [Goller & Altshuler 2014, Hummingbirds control hovering flight by stabilizing visual motion, PNAS](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4280641) - [Welch & Suarez 2007, Oxidation rate and turnover of ingested sugar in hovering hummingbirds, Journal of Experimental Biology](https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/210/12/2154/16868/Oxidation-rate-and-turnover-of-ingested-sugar-in) - [U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Hummingbirds of North America](https://www.fws.gov/story/hummingbirds-north-america) This episode is a researched science explainer. Evidence and interpretations can change as new discoveries are made; material uncertainty is stated in context. Follow Birds Beyond the Birdsong for more episodes.
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