You know that weird, fidgety feeling you get at the end of winter? The beds are bare, the soil’s still cold, and the garden looks like it’s given up on life. Meanwhile, the hummingbirds are already on ...

Hummingbirds are magnificent. They are the smallest bird in the world, and every single one of the over 360 species of them is a delight to watch flit around your garden at speeds of over 33 mph. Not ...

From the brightly-colored and ubiquitous ruby-throated hummingbird to the more elusive, mountain-inhabiting calliope hummingbird, there are many of these tiny, fluttering birds that spend spring and ...

Hummingbirds migrate north in the spring, and their arrival is eagerly anticipated by some gardeners. Certain plants, like cuphea, geraniums, impatiens, lantana, nicotiana, petunias, salvias, and ...

Katherine Gallagher is a writer and sustainability expert. She holds a B.A. in English Literature from Chapman University and a Sustainable Tourism certificate from the GSTC. Native to North America, ...