Project Highlights

Geographic and Temporal Variation in Annual Survival of a Declining Neotropical Migrant Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) Under Varying Fire, Snowpack, and Climatic Conditions
Rufous hummingbirds (Selasphorus rufus) have shown consistent declines in abundance since 1970, with an acceleration in this trend starting in the mid-2000s.Demographic data is needed

Pollinator Project in Saguaro National Park
Viridiana Orona, a 2021 Mosaics in Science intern, will be working on a pollinator project at Saguaro National Park in Arizona. Mosaics in Science is a diversity

The State of the Rufous Hummingbird: A report on a declining species
Rufous Hummingbirds are a charismatic and remarkable migratory bird, and through their role as pollinators, they provide important ecological services across their range in Canada,

Hummingbirds & Fire: It’s Complicated
To inform future restoration efforts, we reviewed the known effects of fire and habitat management and restoration on hummingbirds in four key habitat types in

Banding Rufous Hummingbirds in Alaska
Gwen Baluss, USFS, Alaska: The Rufous Hummingbird is Alaska’s only regularly seen hummingbird. Making an annual trip from as far south as Oaxaca State, Mexico and

Hummingbird Workshop in Mexico
In January of 2020, the Western Hummingbird Partnership held a hummingbird workshop for individuals to learn or improve monitoring techniques, explore threats to hummingbirds, learn