On: This Bird Can Stay in Flight for Six Months Straight

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Yet a Ruby-Throated Hummingbird can fly 450 miles (20 hours) nonstop over water when migrating, which I've always found amazing.

http://www.worldofhummingbirds.com/migration.php

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wikipedia says it average 3.5g... we should usem them as batteries.

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http://jeb.biologists.org/content/178/1/39.full.pdf rates their muscles at 100-120 W/kg, and ~25% of body weight as flight muscles.

So, 3.5 grams of hummingbird would be ~0.1 Watt, or, for a 20 hour trip, 2Wh of capacity. On the other hand, a kg of hummingbirds could give you 600 Wh, or 2-4 times what LiOn gives you.

I would go for hornets or other nasty insects, though. That gives less hassle with the law and animal rights activists.