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billy barr tells us the lilies emergence is out of sync with the hummingbirds arrival. billy barr looks through the logs he's been keeping for almost 50 years. He explains how the glacier lilies ...

While humans have three color cones in the retina sensitive to red, green and blue light, birds have a fourth color cone that can detect ultraviolet light. A research team led by Princeton's Mary ...

It’s hard to imagine living in a place without hummingbirds, but most people in the world are not likely to ever see one. Better than three percent of the planet’s 10,000 bird species are hummingbirds ...

Of over 300 hummingbirds species, which are only found in the Western Hemisphere, just seven of them can be found across Oregon. They include the black-chinned, Anna’s, Costa’s, calliope, broad-tailed ...

The broad-tailed hummingbird was feeding noisily at the feeder when a bolt of copper shot from the sky right toward it. Flashes of red, green and orange filled the air as the two miniature-flying ...

While humans have three color cones in the retina sensitive to red, green and blue light, birds have a fourth color cone that can detect ultraviolet light. A research team led by Princeton's Mary ...

Male broad-tailed hummingbirds (hereafter BTH), Selasphorus platycercus, arrived first, and they immediately got down to business. Each male’s first objective was to find and defend a breeding ...

A Steamboat Springs resident for 52 years and a retired middle school science teacher, Winston Walker is among many hummingbird enthusiasts who are paying close attention to the flashy hummers at ...

Because billions of birds migrate in North America, this asynchrony of needs and availability of resources could become a widespread problem Male broad-tailed hummingbirds (hereafter BTH), Selasphorus ...

Fall migration has already begun for ruby-throated hummingbirds and they're making their way South to warmer climates for the winter. At the fall migration's peak in Mississippi, people who feed them ...