"Maybe you’ve missed her." Gardener shares photo after making surprising discovery in backyard tree: 'Fits right in' first ...

Iridescent purple bow ties are the telltale signs of black-chinned hummingbirds. This species is a common backyard visitor in ...

Birds instinctively know where to find shelter, but we can help them survive a tough winter, writes Hans Kunze.

For instance, researchers use the backyard sightings that users submit to Project FeederWatch —a joint program run by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and Birds Canada —to track long-term changes in ...

Q: I live on Park Point in Duluth and see large flocks of blue jays return in May each year. They hang around in noisy groups for two to three weeks, then disappear from the Point, without fail. I see ...

Hummingbirds are beginning to make their winter migration to Mexico and Central America. The Ruby-throated hummingbird is the only one of it's kind of nest and breed in Tennessee. The best, and ...

Most gardeners know the excitement that comes with seeing a tiny hummingbird zip in and out of the yard. While feeders are a fantastic way to bring more of these fast-flying creatures onto the ...

On what turned out to be the earliest date yet we’ve recorded in our yard for a southward-bound rufous hummingbird, June 24 th, we heard the familiar castanet-like twittering call and spotted the ...

Seeing a hummingbird is always a highlight for me, and it doesn’t happen nearly enough. While at a public gardens conference in Denver a couple of weeks ago, I noticed a hummingbird nest on a light ...