An adult rufous hummingbird male from August 2020 in Greene County. Like the recent Cedar Rapids male, this bird vigorously controlled a hummingbird feeder from any approaching ruby-throated ...

Some rufous hummingbirds break up their trip into long segments, first fattening up and sometimes nearly doubling their body weight, then flying nonstop a hundred miles or more to their next ...

In his place, the victor, a male rufous hummingbird, now dined from the clear red feeder. Rufous hummingbirds are delightful tiny birds, full of attitude and dressed like kings and queens.

I had my first fall migrant in the yard — a male rufous hummingbird. It is amazing how early these guys show up each year. It has ...

There aren’t too many hummingbirds with a buff belly. The Rufous hummingbird is one, but it migrates south in winter. The Anna’s hummingbird is our winter resident, but its belly is green.

We first saw a male rufous hummingbird at our feeders on Sept. 3, 2012. Because of site fidelity in rufous hummers, we suspect the same male showed up for several years.

North Carolina’s most common hummingbird — the Ruby-throated hummingbird — is slated to make an appearance in a few weeks, but if you spotted a hummingbird in the last few months, it may have been a ...

Our female rufous hummingbird, after only a day of skirmishing with the resident black-chinned hummingbirds, was joined by a striking adult male the very next day, so her rule over the yard was ...