Y ou’ll know it’s a male rufous hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) if you see its back completely covered with coppery orange feathers. Males are reddish brown on the back, base of crown and most ...

There are five species of Hummingbirds that can be found in North America: Allen's hummingbird, Anna's hummingbird, Costa's hummingbird, rufous hummingbird and the ruby-throated hummingbird. Read more ...

Rufous hummingbirds typically breed in open or shrubby areas, forest openings, yards, and parks, and sometimes in forests, thickets, swamps, and meadows from sea level to about 6,000 feet.

The Rufous Hummingbird is magical. The male’s iridescent throat glows brighter than a shiny copper penny and like most hummingbirds, whizzes through the air curiously hovering right in front of ...

For example, Rufous hummingbirds migrate through the state in spring, leaving Mexico in January as they fly north to Canada or Alaska, Camila Bautista, program manager of the Salton Sea and ...

Based on the number of reports from readers who have rufous hummingbirds at their feeders, I'm beginning to wonder if the ruddy-colored hummingbirds are making Texas their winter home this year ...

Feisty, small, tenacious, fast, belligerent, pugnacious, relentless, aggressive and beautiful are just a few of the terms used to describe the rufous hummingbird. If you’ve noticed a bossy ...

Ruby-throated hummingbirds are migrating north for the spring, ... On occasion, a lost bird ― most often a rufous hummingbird ― is confirmed visiting the Northeast.

I wondered if the rufous hummingbird would show up to spend the winter in our yard, as it had for the past four years. The Western hummingbird always arrived in August. Maybe it was just late this ...