Albatrosses and Hummingbirds

                                                  Albatross means ocean's bird.Albatrosses are best adapted to life of the ocean.They go to sea for months, weeks or day.They are drinking sea water,sleeping on the ocean surface and returning to land only to breed.Albatrosses have lons wings which they use for soaring and gliding on air currents.The wandering albatross is the only largest bird to the world.It's the best known in the southern hemisphere.In the days of sailing ships sailors often killed albatrosses for fresh meat despite the belief that killing an albatross brought bad luck.Albatrosses in the North Pacific were almost wipped out before a law was passed to make their nesting ground a reservation.Hummingbirds are the small bird in the world.They are very small,brightly coloured birds.They have thin,pointed bills and wings that beat so fast they make a humming sound.Hummingbirds are all found in the New World.They are very common in tropical South America.Hummingbirds have ability to fly forward,backward and sideways.Thus enabling them to hover from flower to flower in search of honney or nectar.