North American hummingbird species are undergoing significant changes in populations, according to new research published in Nature’s Scientific Reports. [caption id="attachment_1305" align="alignright" width="300"] The Ruby-throated Hummingbird alone fills its ecological niche in eastern North America.[/caption] Hummingbirds are unique among birds in many ways. They play a critical...
Together with Environment for the Americas, we recently facilitated an expert-led webinar on the impacts of pesticides on native plants and their pollinators. [caption id="attachment_1995" align="alignleft" width="244"] Hummingbirds, bees, and butterflies play a critical ecological role.[/caption] The webinar, entitled “Pollinators, Pesticides, and Disease,” was held on November...
Near Rocky Mountain National Park in Estes Park, Colorado, Scott Rashid sets up his hummingbird banding station. Underneath tree canopy shadows, a feeder is hung and surrounded with nylon netting. For the visitors, there are a few rows of benches faced towards the feeder. Scott...
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="370"] Lisa Tell is an avian veterinarian at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine and Director of the Hummingbird Health and Conservation Program.[/caption] With support from WHP, University of California at Davis researcher Lisa Tell and her colleagues developed a method to...