I wondered if the rufous hummingbird would show up to spend the winter in our yard, as it had for the past four years. The Western hummingbird always arrived in August. Maybe it was just late this ...

After a lo-o-o-ng, lonely migratory journey a male Rufous hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) lands in the mountain meadows of the Wasatch Back just as vibrant green leaves and floral tubulars unfurl. He ...

EAGLE COUNTY — Very few animals are as continually aggressive as the rufous hummingbird (selasphorus rufus). When they stake out a feeding area of flowers or a feeder with nectar, they are in charge.

A Rufous hummingbird. Credit: Wendy Miller/Flickr/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 The Rufous hummingbird has a reputation as one of the continent’s most tenacious birds of its size. Weighing less than a nickel and ...

Talk about an incredible journey. A rufous hummingbird — a western bird that is not even supposed to be on the East Coast — has returned to Terri and Doug Elvey’s feeders in Quarryville for the second ...

The broad-tailed hummingbird was feeding noisily at the feeder when a bolt of copper shot from the sky right toward it. Flashes of red, green and orange filled the air as the two miniature-flying ...

Here they are again, suddenly, just as the newest crop of fledgling black-chinned hummingbirds was getting the hang of the feeders and flowers in our yards and neighborhoods. Male rufous hummers, ...

The rufous is a fairly small hummingbird with a slender, nearly straight bill, a tail that tapers to a point when folded, and fairly short wings that don’t reach the end of the tail when the bird is ...

Like a rare daylight-visible meteor, a brilliant red fireball flashed before my eyes, interrupting a mindless moment of communion with nature. I was enjoying my morning coffee routine on the patio as ...

With the arrival of spring comes the potential for multiple glittering hummingbirds to grace your yard. In fact, their appearance is like a clarion call of the season, coinciding with blooming ...

Plucky, beautiful and declining in numbers at about a 2% annual rate, the rufous hummingbird makes its long annual migration in different timing and route patterns based the birds' age and sex, new ...

Discover the five things hummingbirds need in May. It's an essential month for hummingbirds, as they return from migration ...