Did you know that some hummingbirds migrate? It isn't just a few miles, either. Some birds travel thousands of miles south for the winter.

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 ...

Every spring, hummingbirds embark on an ambitious migration, flying thousands of miles from Central America and Mexico to breeding grounds in the U.S. and Canada. Hummingbirds migrate an average of 23 ...

Explore an interactive avian tree of life that reveals how 11,000 bird species are connected through millions of years of ...

The male Allen’s hummingbird has warm rusty-orange flanks, breast band, face, neck, and tail, as well as a green back and crown. They often have a rusty-orange rump, and sometimes show rusty-orange at ...

I call nonbreeding species in our region "out-of-season, out-of-range birds." Maryland now has four documented nonbreeding hummingbird species on the state list: rufous, calliope, Anna's and Allen's ...

Some hummingbirds will embark on their fall migration, a move tracked by birdwatchers nationwide who are eager to spot these tiny birds fluttering in their gardens or to their feeders. But ...

North Carolina’s most common hummingbird — the Ruby-throated hummingbird — is slated to make an appearance this month, but if you spotted a hummingbird in the last few months, it may have been a rare ...

As ornithologists and most birders know, hummingbirds are tiny but mighty – mighty as in mighty aggressive. These small birds have rightly earned their warlike reputation because they viciously defend ...