These tiny birds are omnivores, sometimes feeding on insects and spiders. An adult ruby-throated hummingbird may eat twice its body weight in food each day, which it burns up with the high ...

The ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) is a small, iridescent bird known for its green back and striking ...

To help determine when to place your feeder out, Hummingbird ... Read more: The Birds You Do Not Want To Be Seeing In Your Yard To help ensure you spot ruby-throated hummingbirds in May, you ...

I’m often asked what is my favorite bird. This is much like asking a parent to choose their favorite child. I often answer this question by stating that whatever bird or animal I am studying ...

The western counterpart of the ruby-throated, the black-chinned regularly pumps its tail. Monotypic. Length 3.3–3.8"; bill 16–22 mm. Best marks for all ages are narrow inner primaries and ...

Hummingbirds will land in Mississippi this spring after a non-stop, 20-hour flight over the Gulf and they will be here sooner ...

freezes a flying ruby-throated hummingbird ... [+] in time. These birds are known for their brave migration practices. They embark on a non-stop journey of up to 500 miles across the Gulf of ...

When we think about birds and nesting, we automatically think spring. But recently photographing a ruby-throated hummingbird nest made me think, no, not all birds are nesting right away in spring.

I had no idea about this hummingbird garden in New Jersey. Thousands of hummingbirds will be taking over New Jersey in 41 days as we head into spring.

For birds the size of hummingbirds to survive 15-degree weather is likely nothing short of amazing to many people, but in ...