Female/immature rufous/Allen’s hummingbirds are slightly smaller and slimmer in build (noticeable in comparison) with more strongly graduated tails that have a more tapered tip. Rufous/Allen’s ...

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

Hummingbirds are perhaps our best-loved birds, but there’s a lot that people don’t know about them. What kinds of ...

Female and juvenile Allen’s and rufous hummingbirds are nearly indistinguishable from each other. Learn how to identify a Costa’s hummingbird. “If an Allen’s hummingbird really likes your ...

Rufous hummingbirds are distinguished by their earthy ... this little hummer doesn't have a "black chin," this is because female and immature members of the species lack the distinctive black ...

Rufous hummingbirds in particular are well-known for their peregrinations across the continent, and over several decades have even established a substantial wintering population along the Gulf Coast.

Although well out of their typical range, Rufous, black-chinned ... have a wintering female black-chinned hummingbird, it was much colder. "This is the first year we've had a winter hummingbird ...

Each year it seems there are more and more photos posted on social media of various species of hummingbirds that have chosen to spend winter in Mississippi. Although well out of their typical range, ...