There are many benefits to taking hummingbird feeders in at night, and it can be a great practice to safeguard both your feeders and the hummingbirds they nurture. But is it also practical for you,…

It can be devastating for any birder to hear the dull thud of a bird hitting a window or to find a collision victim underneath a favorite window with an otherwise delightful view of feeders. Even mo…

Hummingbird cake sounds like a sweet and delicious dessert, and indeed it is, but is this treat really related to hummingbirds? Surprisingly, this cake does have connections to some of the world’s m…

Hummingbirds will flock to a feeder filled with fresh, sweet nectar, but if that feeder isn’t clean, your hungry hummingbirds can be in trouble. But how often should you really clean your hummingbi…

Birders and non-birders alike know that hummingbirds are the tiniest birds in the world, but how tiny is tiny? While it is easy to look up hummingbird measurements for overall length (the ruby-throa…