IT’S AUGUST: FEMALE RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS HAVE MAGICALLY ‘REAPPEARED’

August 21, 2023.Reading time 5 minutes.

Femaleimmature Ruby-throated Hummingbird Sipping Coral Honeysuckle Nectar

After the flurry of spring arrivals it may seem that Ruby-throated Hummingbirds have disappeared from our flowers and feeders and the wild. This is mostly an illusion. Females, who most years out number males, spend the summer doing all the parental duties (males leave after the fun part). Moms do all that is necessary to […]

FLORIDA SCRUB JAY SHOULD BE FLORIDA’S STATE BIRD: A CASE OF WISHFUL THINKING

August 10, 2023.Reading time 16 minutes.

Of the 553 bird species reported in eBird for Florida (sixth in rankings of states), Florida Scrub Jays are the only bird species that lives exclusively in Florida. I am Floridian by birth, and an avid birder, but I was surprised to learn this fact just a few short years ago. I suspect it was […]