You’ll know it’s a male rufous hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) if you see its back completely covered with coppery orange feathers. Males are reddish brown on the back, base of crown and most of the ...

Who would ever imagine that hummingbirds would be the topic of this column in December — twice?But on Dec. 15, for the first time, I watched a hummingbird being captured, banded and released. It was ...