“It shows that all of nature is in constant flux and changing on some scale. This one is a dramatic change. It’s the ...

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 ...

You’ll know it’s a male rufous hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) if you see its back completely covered with coppery orange feathers. Males are reddish brown on the back, base of crown and most of the ...

The fall hummingbird migration is a wonderful time for those who enjoy watching and feeding the little birds as hundreds of thousands of them pass through the state, but all good things come to an end ...

Hummingbirds generally evoke thoughts of warm weather and summer. Mostly, that would be correct, but the times, they are a-changin’. Of the 16 hummingbird species that nest in the U.S., only one ...

The temperature the morning I wrote this column was 30 degrees and the three hummingbird feeders I still have out were partially frozen. To most people, it seems strange to expect to see a hummingbird ...

A true treasure of the Americas, hummingbirds are a diverse family of more than 340 species, only 17 of which are found north of Mexico. They are also keystone mutualists, nectar feeders that have ...

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 ...

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 ...