If you’re quick, you may see a hummingbird flitting around your garden or possibly hovering as it sips nectar. These tiny ...

I observed a female chipping sparrow with something in it’s beak. It looked like short, fine pieces of tan, dry grass.

The flash of a tiny bird darting through your backyard—iridescent green, a throat like a jewel, wings buzzing like a bee—signals the presence of one of ...

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird. The ruby-throated hummingbird is one of the most common in the U.S. In fact, this hummingbird ...

Females feed the chicks from 1 to 3 times every hour by regurgitation, usually while the female continues hovering. When they are 18 to 22 days old, the young leave the nest and make their first ...

The increasingly popular gadgets, which take photos of avian visitors, are turning at-home birding into a shared experience.

The smallest hummingbird in North America is the calliope hummingbird, about a half inch smaller than our “ruby throat.” The smallest hummingbird species in the world is the bee hummingbird found in ...

A ruby-throated hummingbird's heart beats more than 1,200 times per minute when it is flying, and its wings beat about 70 times per second in flight and more than 200 times per second while diving.

Most areas in the U.S. have one or two breeding species, and only the ruby-throated hummingbird nests east of the Mississippi. Most hummingbirds spend the winter in Mexico or Central America, ...

Hummingbirds are like the chihuahuas of the bird world: they are tiny, territorial, tightly wound, and too cute. While there are 17 species that nest in the United States, most live near the border ...

9. Only male ruby-throated hummingbirds have red throats. As adults, male ruby-throated hummingbirds are smaller than females. 10. Female hummingbirds do everything without any help from males, from ...