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For Hummingbirds, It’s Easy to Shift Into Reverse

Arthur Shippee

Tue, Oct 2, 2012 5:21 PM

From today's NYTimes:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/02/science/for-hummingbirds-its-easy-to-shift-into-reverse.html

OBSERVATORY: For Hummingbirds, It’s Easy to Shift Into Reverse
By SINDYA N. BHANOO
A new study has reported that backward flight is almost as efficient as forward flight.

From today's NYTimes: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/02/science/for-hummingbirds-its-easy-to-shift-into-reverse.html OBSERVATORY: For Hummingbirds, It’s Easy to Shift Into Reverse By SINDYA N. BHANOO A new study has reported that backward flight is almost as efficient as forward flight.