Spring is nearly here in Michigan, and in just a few months, hummingbirds will be flitting about the state, drinking nectar. The tiny birds are beginning their annual spring migration, flying ...

Welcome more hummingbirds to your yard this month before they make the journey south until next summer. Here are 5 simple ...

Hummingbirds are unique among birds for numerous reasons, and that also includes their backward flying capability. Like almost every other bird species, they can do it all: hover, fly upside down and ...

Soldiering through nightly suspended animation, a (nearly) all-sugar diet, backwards flight and long migrations, the birds’ tiny physiques prove mighty. By Bob Holmes / Knowable Magazine Published Sep ...

Want more hummingbirds? Grow these plants! Birds & Blooms readers share the blooming plants that hummingbirds love most in ...

The UC Master Gardeners of Butte County are part of the University of California Cooperative Extension system, serving our ...

I don’t know about you, but I still have visitors to my hummingbird feeder! One male and one female ruby throated hummingbirds continue to fight for dominance over the feeder, but I encourage both of ...

This month I’m heading to southeast Arizona in pursuit of birds — hummingbirds, in particular. It’s the best time of year for it, despite the heat. I hope to raise my hummingbird life list to 14 or 15 ...

Hummingbirds are some of the most interesting and unique birds in the Americas. And while you may consider yourself lucky if you spot one at your backyard bird feeder, imagine how special it would be ...