Hummingbirds in the Southeast: Species, Seasons, and Winter Surprises

Most of the Southeast has exactly one hummingbird, and for a long time that was the whole story. The Ruby-throated Hummingbird arrives in spring, nests through summer, gathers along the Gulf in autumn, and vanishes across the water.

Hummingbirds in the Rocky Mountains: Species, Altitude, and Gardening

In the Rockies, hummingbird season is short, intense, and governed almost entirely by altitude. Birds arrive late, breed fast, and leave early, squeezing an entire nesting cycle into the brief window when high-country meadows are in flower. They do it in a place where the temperature can drop below freezing on a July night.

Hummingbirds in the Pacific Northwest: Species, Timing, and Gardening

The Pacific Northwest is one of the best places in North America to be a hummingbird gardener, and one of the few places on the continent where you can watch a hummingbird in the snow.

Rufous Hummingbird: Identification, Range, and Behavior

Pound for pound, the Rufous Hummingbird is the greatest traveler in the bird world. A bird weighing about as much as a penny flies from Mexico to Alaska and back, up to 8,000 miles in a year, along a route shaped like a giant loop across western North America.

Types of Hummingbirds: A Field Guide to North American Species

Somewhere between 300 and 360 species of hummingbird live in the Americas, but you do not need to know all of them to identify the one hovering at your feeder. North of Mexico the list is far shorter and very learnable.

Hummingbird Migration: Where They Go and How Far They Travel

If there were an Olympic event for most improbable migration, hummingbirds would take gold, silver, and bronze. These tiny adventurers, weighing less than