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The Western Hummingbird Partnership
Developing a network of partners dedicated to hummingbird conservation
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Connections to hummingbird resources and restoration
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Effective conservation through Citizen Science
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Encouraging public knowledge of hummingbird conservation challenges
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The WHP Network

Dedicated to building an effective and sustainable hummingbird conservation program. Our network of gardens and banding sites spans across continental United States.

WHP Partnerships

Projects, developing programs, and building partnerships that investigate what hummingbirds need to survive, successfully reproduce, and maintain thriving populations.

WHP Informs

Informing land managers, policy makers, and the public so habitats can be managed in ways that help hummingbirds and their communities thrive.

Rufous Hummingbird and Hummingbird workshop with photo by Sergio Rivera

The Western Hummingbird Partnership and the Hummingbird Research Group are excited to announce the development of a hummingbird workshop. This event will unite researchers, conservationists, educators, and enthusiasts to collaborate on all things hummingbird. 

We value your input to shape the workshop sessions. Take a moment to share your thoughts by completing our SURVEY.  

Are you a hummingbird bander with a master permit or a subpermit? If so, please respond to the banders’ survey HERE.

Hummingbird Conservation Plan

The Western Hummingbird Partnership and over 80 partners identified threats to western migratory hummingbirds and developed strategies for reducing these threats. Learn more about these threats and how you can contribute to reducing them.
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Western Hummingbird
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We’re an evolving coalition of partners working together to establish a proficient and enduring program for hummingbird conservation. This program will be built on a foundation of scientific monitoring, research, habitat restoration/enhancement, and educational outreach endeavors.

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Continuous or year-round farming practices can result in the loss or fragmentation of natural habitats, both terrestrial and wetland, which causes reduced availability of food resources, increased exposure to pesticides and other agrochemicals, and disturbance from farming activities, such as machinery noise and land clearance. These factors can disrupt bird nesting, foraging, and migration patterns, leading to declines in bird populations, changes in species composition, and overall biodiversity loss.

As with songbirds, intensification of farming likely means a loss of food, shelter, nesting, and feeding habitats for hummingbirds. For example, hummingbirds depend on flowers for nectar, which are generally lost when intensification of farming occurs across landscapes. However, the specific impacts of intensified agriculture on hummingbirds are largely undocumented.

Research comparing shade-grown and sun-grown coffee provides insight into techniques that can enhance agricultural practices to benefit hummingbirds (Barney 2019). While hummingbirds are not the primary pollinators of this product, there is evidence that many species forage on the flowers or on the flowers of trees found in the vicinity or within plantations that have at least some vegetative structure beyond coffee plants (Barney 2019; Morrison and Mendenhall 2020). Simple measurements of habitat characteristics indicate that on farms with more floral resources, hummingbird density is higher. (Reference) As management intensifies, the density of hummingbirds declines. In North America, there is also evidence from studies on diet that hummingbirds potentially pollinate in flowering orchards and nut farms, but details about the extent of use of these crops is not well-documented.