The Peregrine Falcon is the fastest of all birds. It catches and eats prey like mice and rats, but its diet will also extend into small harmless birds, like Quails and Sparrows. This fearsome bird of prey is visible throughout most of the Northern skies, and has quite an appetite to match.

A Peregrine Falcon sits high up on a bristly Conifer Tree in Point Lobos, near Carmel, CA.

Hummingbirds are some of the smallest birds in the world. These birds live on nectar and a little honey and are the pollinators of the bird world. Hummingbirds can also fly backward and sometimes even hover. Yet the largest Hummingbird is only the size of of a bee or bigger, but not very big.

Below: An Anna’s Hummingbird quietly feeds from a flower while hovering in Mclellan Ranch Park, CA.