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:

Attracting and 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
• Nesting material for hummingbirds
• Rethinking Winter Hummingbirds

Identification:

• Fall Befuddlers: Broad-tailed, Rufous/Allen’s, and Calliope
• Ruby-throated × Rufous hybrids in western Canada – Western Birds
• Identifying a Controversial Hummingbird
• Rufous vs. Allen’s [Life, Birds, and Everything 2010]

Miscellaneous topics:

• “Rescuing” baby hummingbirds
• The fall migration of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds
• One hummingbird species, two maps [Ruby-throated spring migration]
• Orange-throated male Ruby-throated Hummingbirds
• Life, Birds, and Everything: category “hummingbirds”