You may be tempted to provide materials to help hummingbirds build their nests, and while some materials can be useful, ...

Fuzzy plants and catkin-bearing trees and shrubs with soft plant fibers are prime nest-making material.

Unlike most hummingbirds that are born naked, the jacobin chick was covered in long brown feathers, looking nearly identical to the nest material.

Have the plants evolved any strategies to make their spore-bearing structures better material for nests? Do they lure the hummingbirds with special odors?

By Howard Whiteman Murray State University It was an odd place for a hummingbird nest, but there it was. I typically think ...

Hang the feeder in a quiet spot close to the plants and flowers these feathered fairies already enjoy, but not in a spot that ...

Female hummingbirds are a one-woman show, making their nests all the more impressive. A nest usually takes several days to complete, each day full of searching and carrying materials.

Construction materials include plant fibers, leaves and twigs and something exotic, spider silk, which binds the nest together and anchors it to forks in trees and shrubs.

Whether sipping nectar from flowers and zipping through the air, hummingbirds are a sure sign of spring in California. The itty-bitty birds are busy breeding and building nests, which means there ...