NATURE | Hummingbirds: Magic in the Air | Hovering | PBS

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Biologist Doug Altshuler has turned his lab into a kind of hummingbird training center, where he can test the limits of their aerial agility. The key, he says, is hovering.

"Hummingbirds: Magic in the Air" airs on PBS Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 8pm (check local listings) and is part of the 28th season of the Peabody and Emmy award-winning series produced by Thirteen in association with WNET.ORG for PBS. Major support provided by Canon U.S.A. Inc. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/hummingbirds-magic-in-the-air/introdu...

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[cutie6612]

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[PBS]

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[northwestborn]

Thank you PBS. I grew up watching the channel, and it is still to this day the only place I can find quality entertainment!

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[7410n0]

Difficulty. That's why.

Observing hummingbirds/seals in the wild would takes decades.

And in the case of seals, they dive under the water's surface for low periods of time, which makes following them next to impossible.

[11froilan]

I wish I were a hummingbird

[999kannon]

Thanks to the researchers and PBS. Hummingbirds are the most magical beautiful little birds on our planet. Just love them! Cinco Estrallas!!!

[Sunflowers159]

That is so incredible! It's wonderful. I wish we had hummingbirds over here in the UK but it's too cold for them :(,

[MeanieMaxie]

They Look like they are swimming in the Air!!! amazing <3

[lyfelessons101]

So amazing...

[mbunds]

If the dinosaurs only knew what they'd be doing 250 million years later...

[hummerene]

Absolutely wonderful.

I rehabilitate hummingbirds in AZ.

They are such a joy to work with.

[EMILCAT7]

Just Amazing!!!!