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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Gardening season is wrapping up, but you may still have questions. For answers, turn to Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon State University’s Extension Service. OSU ...

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If you've suddenly seen swarms of hummingbirds at your feeders in Middle Tennessee, you're not alone. Hummingbirds are still preparing their tiny little bodies with extra weight to get them through a ...

Hummingbirds are beginning to make their winter migration to Mexico and Central America. The Ruby-throated hummingbird is the only one of it's kind of nest and breed in Tennessee. The best, and ...