The broad-tailed hummingbird was feeding noisily at the feeder when a bolt of copper shot from the sky right toward it. Flashes of red, green and orange filled the air as the two miniature-flying ...

There’s no mistaking the dizzying display of a hummingbird’s wings as it zips around from flower to flower looking for nectar ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract I studied two aspects of interspecific territoriality in a Costa Rican nectarivorous bird, the rufous-tailed hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl).

A rufous hummingbird showed up at our hummingbird feeders despite temperatures in the low teens and a snow-covered backyard under dense cloud cover. The plump male bird, with a deep-red throat and ...

Iowa, along with much of the Eastern United States, gets the short end of the stick when it comes to hummingbird diversity. The ruby-throated hummingbird comprises Iowa's only regular and nesting ...

A Steamboat Springs resident for 52 years and a retired middle school science teacher, Winston Walker is among many hummingbird enthusiasts who are paying close attention to the flashy hummers at ...

They’re back. As I look out our kitchen window, there is a swarm of rufous hummingbirds in our garden area. They are perched in the trees, feeding on flowers and attempting to perch on one of our many ...

You may have noticed more hummingbirds around lately. They start heading south as early as July so more are moving through Teller County. In addition to our common breeder the broad-tailed hummingbird ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. In the fall, we increasingly see western species of hummingbirds, especially ...

Mention hummingbirds in Mississippi and ruby-throated hummingbirds will most likely be the species that comes to mind. They are the only hummingbird species that breeds in eastern North America and ...

I have never thought that it might be nice to be a hummingbird before now. But lately I find myself watching them mingle, fly away, mingle again, circle back later for another drink and chitchat with ...

Fall migration has already begun for ruby-throated hummingbirds and they're making their way South to warmer climates for the winter. At the fall migration's peak in Mississippi, people who feed them ...