Hummingbirds are about to make their annual spring migration up the East Coast, meaning birdwatchers will soon be able to attract, feed and gaze at the wildly colorful bird. "Ruby-throats arrive in ...

Her feistiness pegged her as a likely rufous hummingbird, even before I saw her cinnamon-tinged tail feathers. I’d been anticipating a few early migrants of her species since the beginning of July and ...

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 are several explanations for why hummers behave in this manner! The biggest reasons hummingbirds engage in aerial combat are to secure breeding and feeding territory. A true in-flight fight of ...

More western species show up when they are migrating, and the ruby-throated hummingbird sometimes will stay longer than usual. Ruby-throated hummingbirds are typically the only species of hummingbirds ...

It is a little past 6:30 in the morning on Whidbey Island, in Washington’s Puget Sound, and despite the earliness of the hour and wretchedness of the weather, Dan Harville is admiring the torch lilies ...

On what turned out to be the earliest date yet we’ve recorded in our yard for a southward-bound rufous hummingbird, June 24 th, we heard the familiar castanet-like twittering call and spotted the ...