DEAR JOAN — For the past three years, I have had an Anna's hummingbird build a nest in an olive tree outside a front window. It has been heartbreaking to see her lack of success in raising her chicks ...

One of the tiniest birds plays a surprisingly large role in conservation advancement. Hummingbirds are beloved by many. Because the public is so fond of these gorgeous little birds, they help draw ...

It’s not just charismatic megafauna like bald eagles that enrapture people. A tiny 3-gram, ruby-throated hummingbird (it takes 1,450 hummingbirds to equal the mass of an eagle) recently enchanted ...

Birds use a wonderful variety of materials and techniques to create their nests. Some nests are small and tidy, like grass baskets lined with cozy feathers. Others are large and messily blobbed with ...

Three hummingbirds were recently brought into SPCA Monterey County. The agency said every year, it cares for hundreds of nestlings. The birds are often orphaned when people trimming trees cut down ...

A nest made of spider webs has the advantages of being soft, with good insulation and is pliable enough to expand as the baby birds grow. This hummingbird nest fell out of a pine tree. Note the gray ...

Encountering a hummingbird can be quite the ethereal experience, but it tends to be brief, over in a flash, as the small flyer flits onto the next set of shrubs and you're left to crane your neck in ...