And they're bigger than rufous and ruby-throats, so they've got more body mass. So it takes them longer to get cold." The hummingbird has sparked enthusiasm throughout the birding community.

Chartier noted that over the past several decades, these birds have expanded their range northward into Oregon ... re bigger than rufous and ruby-throats, so they've got more body mass. So it takes ...

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 ...

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 ...

1:29 Hummingbird returns to its rescuer each spring Powered by nectar and a metabolic marvel, migratory hummingbirds travel thousands of kilometres each year, breeding in places like British ...

Hummingbirds are small but remarkably tough. Some species make migrations of more than 5,590 miles a year. Their journeys are largely fueled by nectar, which is sipped from wildflowers and ...

McQuillan said the association takes in about 150 hummingbirds a year, including those injured while in torpor. Should B.C.'s official bird, the Steller's jay, be replaced by the rufous hummingbird?