This is around the time of year I expect to start seeing the Calliope Hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope) at my feeders. Click on photos for full sized images....
Last weekend, I went on a quest. The adventure was sort of like a search for treasure, except that the jewels were feisty, feathered...
No, you’re not going crazy. This is the second post on 10,000 Birds about hummingbirds at Catarata del Toro in less than a month....
Eddy Rabbitt sang about loving a rainy night but in Costa Rica, hummingbirds love a rainy day. They sing the praises of rain loud...
Finally some good-ish news for the Gunnison Sage Grouse: The boomers of the Rocky Mountain states have finally been granted “threatened species” protection. Which means hopefully their...
This week in birding news has it all covered. Er, sort of. To wit: As if beach-nesting birds don’t have enough problems, along comes...
It eats like a hummingbird and is tiny like a hummingbird, but the oldest pollinating bird was not a hummingbird. Pumiliornis tessellatus was a now-extinct...
What makes this or that bird one we want to see on our next birding trip? Personal preferences are important, but there is certain...
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