After over-wintering in warmer climes, like Mexico and Central America, hummingbirds have begun their long migration back to ...

Hummingbirds are always welcome visitors to the garden, and many plants encourage them. But as with butterflies, more and more habitat is being removed by human activity. By planting plants for ...

Hummingbirds migrate north in the spring, and their arrival is eagerly anticipated by some gardeners. Certain plants, like cuphea, geraniums, impatiens, lantana, nicotiana, petunias, salvias, and ...

SANTA CRUZ March is Hummingbird Month at UCSC botanical garden This time of year, the UC Santa Cruz Arboretum & Botanic Garden hosts both Anna’s and Allen’s hummingbirds, the two most common species ...

Are hummingbirds making their way to Ohio this spring? An interactive map from Hummingbird Central, with hummingbird sightings submitted from the public, shows they're already here. When do ...

This spring, our native coralbean, Erythrina herbacea, in our Brevard Discovery Garden (BDG) received numerous visits from hummingbirds. I know this because the tree is full of seed pods, which are ...

With their quick-moving wings flapping up to 200 times a second while sometimes buzzing around and feasting on colorful flowers, hummingbirds can easily brighten a day. In addition to beauty, ...

Gwen Bartonek is endlessly fascinated by hummingbirds. She loves observing their territorial behavior. “They wait and they look at their territory all day and as soon as somebody else comes, they dive ...