With the recent spring-like temperatures in South Carolina this year, floral blooms are in abundance, buzzing bumblebees, birds chirping and pollen blanketing every inch of the outdoors. Along with ...

A naturalist friend, when needing to kill some time on expeditions, has a favorite question for his guests: Can you name the three birds that hover in flight? Most people come up with birds like ...

Quick Take Ruby-throated hummingbirds migrate about 2,000 miles annually from North America to the Yucatan Peninsula and back. Up to 70% of juveniles and 40% of adults perish along migration due to ...

It’s nearly time for North Carolina’s most prevalent hummingbird to make its first appearance. The state’s most common hummingbird, the Ruby-throated hummingbird, is migrating back to North Carolina ...

Here at Gulf Coast Bird Observatory, we are gearing up for our annual Xtreme Hummingbird Xtravaganza on Sept. 16 and 23. The fall ruby-throated hummingbird migration has already begun, so we’ve been ...

Zzz-zzzt. Sitting on my deck on a summer afternoon, I’m often distracted by a hummingbird whizzing by. The tiny bundle of energy hovers in front of a row of jewelweed, probing each pendulous orange ...

What can beat its wings over 53 times per second, can hover, fly backward, forward and sideways, has pea-sized eggs, has a heart rate of over 1,200 beats per minute and can live for up to 10 years?

What is it about hummingbirds that magnetize our attention, enliven our spirits and make us smile? The question will flash through our minds as scores of migratory ruby-throated hummingbirds flash ...