Why am I seeing fewer hummingbirds in my yard….
....is the most received question I've been asked this season. It's a complicated question and not one that has a simple answer. First, one needs to consider the species of hummingbird. Since each has unique [...]
WELCOME BACK RUBY-THROATS!!
They're back! Our Ruby-throated hummingbirds are returning as I type. I personally have had one since April 3rd...pretty much on time for us. Feeders were up, fresh and waiting for them. For those who are [...]
What’s the best hummingbird feeder??
“What’s the best feeder for hummingbirds?” It’s a question I’m asked all the time. My usual answer is…’the one you can keep the cleanest’. But that’s not what folks truly want to know! Although [...]
CONGRATULATIONS TO US!
Congratulations to SEAR for receiving a $500 research grant from The Tennessee Ornithological Society for ongoing hummingbird research!! We appreciate the gift and plan to use it to update some aging equipment. We look [...]
Happy New Year!
I often feel a bit in ‘limbo’ the week between Christmas and New Year’s. The rush, the preparations, the excitement of the big day is all over and you sit around and just sort [...]
A great start to winter hummingbird banding….
We have had a fantastic start to winter hummingbird banding this 21-22 season. It started in August with reports of an adult male rufous hummingbird at the home of Mary Lodge. We ventured over [...]
Check out this great educational video on Winter Hummingbirds!
Congratulations to Nashville Birder and photographer, Graham Gerdeman on this educational video about Winter Hummingbirds in Tennessee and the northeast. It's the second in a series of wonderfully produced videos. Enjoy it, comment on [...]
Migration season all but comes to an end…
September 21, 2021 is officially the last day of summer and it is also our official last day of hummingbird migration banding for this season. It was indeed a season of ups and [...]
Humming-bird…a poem.
As I sit and watch the hummingbird at my feeder I'm reminded of this poem by D.H. Lawrence... Humming-bird I can imagine, in some otherworld Primeval-dumb, far back In that most awful stillness, that [...]