Gwen Bartonek is endlessly fascinated by hummingbirds. She loves observing their territorial behavior. “They wait and they look at their territory all day and as soon as somebody else comes, they dive ...

Corrections & Clarifications: A previous version of this story included an incorrect ratio for water to sugar in hummingbird food. There are more than 300 species of hummingbirds in the world. While ...

Filling your garden with native plants is a sustainable approach to backyard landscaping, as you support your local fauna with the flora best suited to their needs. Drawing hummingbirds to your yard ...

A hummingbird feeder can be an easy way to attract flying wildlife to your yard. With their high-speed aerial acrobatics, these tiny birds add a fun, sometimes comical, element to the landscape. But ...

It can be just a flash at the corner of your vision, a tiny, hovering body suspended between a blur of wings, and then it’s gone. Spotting a hummingbird can sometimes feel like you’re trying to ...

The hummingbirds are most active early in the morning at Roger’s Gardens in Corona del Mar. On a recent morning, a tiny Allen’s hummingbird guarded an entire row of California native plants, chasing ...

Hummingbirds eat a lot—nearly half their body weight in nectar and bugs each day! But constant eating is what fuels them to keep their wings flapping up to 90 beats per second. You can help keep them ...