Not all bird species are equally spectacular. Just as we malign the little brown jobs nature churns out with such fiendish facility, we exalt...
Few living things are created perfect. But I think hummingbirds are as close to evolutionary perfection as one can get. These enchanting nectar feeders...
Endemism is special. Patriotic birders from every corner of the globe proudly declare the number of endemics of their home country or secretly lament...
Because one good hummingbird deserves another, I’d like to brighten your day, perhaps even improve your overall quality of life by introducing one of...
When I visited the highlands of Ecuador, up above the treeline in Antisana Ecological Reserve, there were several great species of birds, any of...
Hummingbirds are just way too cool. And Ecuador just has way too many of them. It is almost unfair that one country should be...
After our high-elevation adventure netted us numerous new birds we headed to lower ground, but on the east slope of the Andes Mountains, an...
A few days ago, a Rufous Hummingbird was banded at a feeder of a birder near Asbury Park, NJ. Rufous/Allen’s-type hummingbirds have become an...
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