Hummingbirds

A young Rufous Hummingbird feeds on colorless sugar water, attracted by the feeder’s bright red parts.

Articles and blog posts on this extremely popular topic:

Feeding:

• Feeding Hummingbirds: The Basics
• The Dangers of Red Dye
• Seeing Red over Dye
• Are there studies on how red dyes affect hummingbirds?
• Yellow Feeder Parts
• Perch Hypothermia
• Rethinking Winter Hummingbirds

Identification:

• Identifying a Controversial Hummingbird
• Rufous vs. Allen’s

Miscellaneous topics:

• “Rescuing” baby hummingbirds
• Orange-throated male Ruby-throated Hummingbirds
• Life, Birds, and Everything: category “hummingbirds”