Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fall is here and the days are growing shorter, which triggers the southerly migration of ruby-throated hummingbirds. Millions are ...

When you picture a hummingbird, what color do you see? Chances are, you and I have a different answer — that's because hummingbirds present in a seriously wide array of colors. Not only are there a ...

What is it about the hummingbird that captures our imagination? The smallest of all bird species, hummingbirds are just a few inches in length and can weigh as little as a quarter teaspoon of sugar, ...

A Mississippi woman has been getting daily visits from a rare, nearly all-white hummingbird. White hummingbirds can be albino, leucistic, or pied, with leucistic being the most likely type for this ...

The temperature the morning I wrote this column was 30 degrees and the three hummingbird feeders I still have out were partially frozen. To most people, it seems strange to expect to see a hummingbird ...

A Mississippi man kept a hummingbird feeder clean and filled well after native ruby-throated hummingbirds migrated South for the winter. He recently got a pleasant surprise when a another species of ...

Not all those who wander are lost ... -- "The Riddle of the Strider," "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" -- J.R.R. Tolkien By the end of October to early November, most hummingbirds ...

Rare birds tend to create massive excitement among birders, even if the bird in question isn’t massive. Such is the case with a very rare (for Ohio) hummingbird that appeared in a Clintonville yard in ...

The fall hummingbird migration is a wonderful time for those who enjoy watching and feeding the little birds as hundreds of thousands of them pass through the state, but all good things come to an end ...

The Willamette Valley is a long way from the deserts of Arizona and California, but that has not stopped a tiny feathered visitor who normally lives there from paying a rare visit to Oregon. Avid ...

Ruby-throated hummingbirds fly non-stop across the Gulf of Mexico to reach the best breeding grounds first. The 600-mile journey takes 15-20 hours, and the birds double their body weight to prepare ...

As an especially devoted caretaker of hummingbirds who makes gallons of sugar water each summer to feed the numerous hummingbirds that visit her home in south Pulaski County, Alyson Hoge follows ...