Peanuts by Charles Schulz for November 10, 2019

good try, Woodstock

Lots of insects are winged creatures that can hover motionless. Of course, they’re not Woodstock.

Woodstock can’t hover motionless

Sparky evidently never saw a hawk or falcon “kiting”

Dodgy book Snoopy is reading

“Hummingbird, don’t fly away, fly away—” Seals And Crofts.

I’ve seen bats do that

Semantics.

Nice try Woodstock…

so you’d rather critique than make sure that your friend is OK, Snoopy?

Woodstock can barely flap those wings during a regular fly.

I think Woodstock is a canary

As soon as I see that stupid bird, I’m clicking to the next comic.

Looney Toon characters can hover longer than that just by not realizing they are standing in mid-air

There’s when Woodstock plays “elevator”…

Isn’t this hovering? – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmYyko_nyjE

Chimney swifts can hover.

Well, in a strong enough wind any bird flying against the wind can hover. The smart ones know to turn so they go with the wind.

I don’t know what Snoopy is reading, but it’s wrong. I’ve seen lots of other birds hover in flight. It’s not the speed it flaps its wings that makes a hummingbird’s flight what it is — it’s the WAY it flaps its wings.

Now here Woodstock may require some encouraging words.

Certain varieties of sunbird found in Africa and Asia can also hover like a hummingbird. Also known as the spiderbird because unlike hummingbirds they also eat insects.