And since I wrote that I’ve heard of three Selasphorus, or rufous, species that showed up in this area. Two are in Pennsylvania and one is in New Jersey. You don’t have to be a hummingbird ...

For birds the size of hummingbirds to survive 15-degree weather is likely nothing short of amazing to many people, but in ...

Among migrating hummingbirds, rufous hummingbirds have the longest migration route. The species can travel 2,000 miles from southern Mexico to southeastern Alaska. One time, a rufous hummingbird ...

Adult: brown above with lighter feather edges and some streaking on head. Rufous on the upperwing coverts gives the “red shoulders.” The primaries are barred or checkered black and white ...

A Rufous hummingbird feeds in a backyard at an Oak Park, Ill. residence on Jan. 5, 2012. The birds, which spend some of their time in British Columbia, were the focus of a new study looking into when ...

Although well out of their typical range, Rufous, black-chinned, buff-bellied and other hummingbirds can be found in Mississippi during winter. But how can those tiny birds survive when ...