This week on Santa Cruz Naturalist, Theadora talks about the two main hummingbird species seen in Santa Cruz: Anna’s and Allen’s hummingbirds. Learn how to attract them to your backyard, and how to tell them apart. Hummingbirds are very nimble fliers and are the only birds in the world that can fly backward. They beat their wings incredibly quickly to hover and fly in any direction, around 60 times per second.

Feel free to ask Theadora your bird questions, find her on twitter @gcsparrow.