Flying nonstop approximately 500 miles from Central America, Mexico and the United States, the hummingbird, weighing just 0.2 ounces, migrates twice a year visiting our backyards during spring and ...

After tracking the hummingbirds as they came north back in spring, it's now time to say goodbye as they head back down south for the season. While some hummingbirds start their journey as early as ...

If you’re quick, you may see a hummingbird flitting around your garden or possibly hovering as it sips nectar. These tiny birds are marvels for reasons beyond what you might already know. The most ...

Birds use a wonderful variety of materials and techniques to create their nests. Some nests are small and tidy, like grass baskets lined with cozy feathers. Others are large and messily blobbed with ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- This week's bird will be the Ruby-throated Hummingbird. Here is a description from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology: A flash of green and red, the Ruby-throated Hummingbird is ...

While we eagerly await the spring return of hummingbirds, here are 10 mindboggling facts about the ruby-throated species, compiled from Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s allaboutbirds.org website; “Birds ...

A male ruby-throated hummingbird with its glistening reddish-orange throat showed up at a feeder outside our kitchen window in early July; it served as a harbinger of fall's massive hummingbird ...

I’ve been noticing more than one ruby-throated hummingbird at my feeder recently. Two, sometimes even three, sharing the feeder. None of these have the ruby-throat of an adult male. So, these are ...

A tiny, iridescent bird briefly hovered to check me out this morning as I worked in the garden, or maybe it was just my hot, red cheeks he liked. They are darting around flowers and nectar feeders all ...

Trying to follow a hummingbird's frenzied path might give you whiplash, but starting in mid-March, Louisiana residents will have ample opportunity to spot the tiny, long-beaked birds as they make ...

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