Late morning on a Monday, March 14, I received an e-mail notifying me and others of an unusual bird sighting along the Mississippi River. The e-mail indicated that about an hour earlier, Brainerd area ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — As spring approaches, the annual migration of the ruby-throated hummingbird has begun. These tiny, incredible creatures are once again embarking on their long journey from their ...

Expect to see more and more tiny birds, with fast wings, long beaks, and bright red throat patches, starting next week and into the fall. You’ll find them at feeders, in backyards, and around flowers.

Eleven hummingbird species have been spotted in North Carolina, though the Ruby-throated hummingbird — the most prevalent species in the state by a landslide — is the one most of us will see this ...

WASHINGTON — Billions of cicadas have emerged from the ground to celebrate their 17th birthday. But a viewer in Silver Spring, Maryland was wondering, if someone's missing from the party. "Is the ...

Spotting a Eurasian collard dove is not normally exciting for a birder in Indiana. But when Jim Brown recently learned one had been seen in Greene County near Goose Pond Fish and Wildlife Area, he was ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- This week's bird will be the Ruby-throated Hummingbird. Here is a description from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology: A flash of green and red, the Ruby-throated Hummingbird is ...

Flying nonstop approximately 500 miles from Central America, Mexico and the United States, the hummingbird, weighing just 0.2 ounces, migrates twice a year visiting our backyards during spring and ...