Hummingbirds in Paradise or in Peril?
As we begin our season of longer nights and cooler days, darker mornings and earlier evenings, it might be hard to conjure images of our Ruby-throated Hummingbirds with wings warmed by a tropical sun, flitting from flower to flower in a lush landscape. But whether we can imagine it or not, by now nearly all of our hummingbirds (except for the very few that stick around the coastal southeast of the US) are settling in to their seasonal homes somewhere in Central America, from the southwest coasts of Mexico, east across the Yucatan Peninsula, all the way down to…
Zombie Birds! Hummingbirds, Halloween Edition
The desiccated crunch of dead leaves underfoot. A gloomy night’s chill prickling your skin. When, oh, what…
Ruby-throated Hummingbirds & Lights Out Wake
As we start to say goodbye to long summer days and settle into the rhythms of a new season, we turn once…
She is glorious as the rainbow, as she flies she makes a little humming noise like a humble bee
As the dog days arrive, it feels far too hot outside for anything more than perhaps a leisurely lounge by the…