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Rosamond Purcell's photo of a broad-tailed hummingbird nest found on...  -  Sep 7, 2008
Boston GlobeBy Jan Gardner. Salem - the setting for two acclaimed new novels - is celebrating its literary heritage and promise. Brunonia Barry's "Lace Reader" (Morrow) ...

Hummingbirds pay an unexpected winter visit  -  Jan 16, 2009
Houston ChronicleBy GARY CLARK. A male broad-tailed hummingbird is one of the wintering hummers showing up in the area this winter. As one reader found out, keeping your ...

Meade County Birds: Broad-tailed Hummingbird  -  Aug 29, 2008
Dodge City Daily GlobeThe Broad-tailed Hummingbird is a common species of the Rocky Mountains, but occasionally strays into Meade County. Photo by Marcus G. Martin, ...

Early migrants are on the move already  -  Aug 7, 2008
Casper Star-Tribune OnlineThough most days are still quite warm, fall migration is well under way for a number of species and will soon start for many others. ...

Hot weather makes birding tough  -  Jul 20, 2006
Casper Star Tribune - The Casper Star TribuneThe very hot temperatures of the last week are not great conditions for birding. There are still birds to be seen if one looks in the right places. ...

Shorebirds are on the move  -  Aug 28, 2008
Casper Star-Tribune OnlineThe summer heat was broken recently with a little taste of fall. It may not be obvious yet, but the fall migration is under way. Shorebirds have been moving ...

Hummingbirds return on spring winds  -  Apr 1, 2008
$2.95 - Ruidoso News - NewsBankPhotographer David Tremblay said he hardly could believe his ears Monday, when he heard the familiar sound of migrating hummingbirds. ...

Real humdingers!: Jewels of the bird world shine on summer stage.  -  Jun 22, 2006
Free with registration - Pueblo Chieftain - AccessMyLibrary.comJun. 22--Like kids at a birthday party, these tiny jeweled birds get buzzed on sugar. But hummingbirds don't need cake and ice cream - they've got ...

And the good news is ... - Trip to Ohio camp pays off  -  Dec 25, 2005
$2.95 - Sun Herald - NewsBankIn this season when lions are supposed to lie down with lambs, it is a pleasure to begin a Christmas Day column with encouraging news. ...

THOSE FEEDERS KEEP HUMMING  -  Sep 5, 2005
$2.95 - Rocky Mountain News - NewsBankIs there a feeding frenzy going on in your back yard? I don't mean sharks; I'm talking about hummingbirds. If you set out nectar feeders for these tiny, ...

Found around wildflowers  -  Aug 5, 2006
Vail Daily NewsThe broad-tailed hummingbird, such as this female, is the most common found in Eagle County. The other day I was relaxing over a couple of ice-cold ...

Nevada: from the expanses of the Mojave Desert to the rugged terrain...  -  Sep 1, 2005
$4.95 - Audubon - ECNextThere is a great deal to do in Nevada, this quintessential state of the American west: hiking, biking, backcountry adventures, water sports, even air sports ...

Gerry Rising: In the Rockies, roads are sparse and steeper  -  Jul 27, 2009
Buffalo NewsBy Gerry Rising. Irecently returned from a 10-day trip with my son through the Rocky Mountains west and south of Denver, Colo. ...

The teeming diversity of life  -  Dec 3, 2005
Times OnlineIT HAS TAKEN NEARLY 150 years to work out the missing link in Darwin's theory of evolution. Natural selection has always been recognised as a fact, ...

Stirrings of spring are in the air  -  Feb 10, 2008
Atlanta Journal ConstitutionBy CHARLES SEABROOK. Here we are already well into the second month of the year, February, which early on brought Groundhog Day and will end, this year, ...

Salt Lake Tribune, The : Great Salt Lake water birds  -  May 5, 2007
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The wee wonder of hummingbirds: Hummingbird researcher new to …  -  Jun 11, 2006
Free with registration - Anchorage Daily News - AccessMyLibrary.comJun. 11--In A STATE WHERE REVERENCE toward a creature tends to be proportionate to its size -- with fish, big is good, humongous brings worship status ...

Grand Forks Herald, ND, Mike Jacobs column: ALWAYS IN SEASON: The …  -  Sep 2, 2007
Free with registration - Grand Forks Herald - AccessMyLibrary.comSep. 2--The bird I associate most closely with Labor Day weekend is the ruby-throated hummingbird. Perhaps that's because I first saw a hummingbird on Labor ...

4/23/05: How To Attract Hummingbirds  -  Apr 23, 2005
Boston Channel.comHummingbirds are easily attracted to the garden either using plants that flower or a feeder. I tend to use both! The real secret to attracting them all ...

Hummers bring back springtime buzz  -  May 5, 2008
$2.95 - Rocky Mountain News - NewsBankThe first broad-tailed hummingbird had arrived! I listen every spring for that ringing buzz to brighten my yard. Hummingbirds leave our state in the fall, ...

Scary-looking scorpions usually won't harm you  -  Sep 29, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Contra Costa Times - Factiva, from Dow JonesWe have lived in Pinole for 39 years, but were shocked this morning when our grandson found a large, dark-colored scorpion in our back yard. ...

When the garden is going to the birds  -  May 20, 2007
Aspen Times..."Oh, what a beautiful morning! Oh, what a beautiful day! I've got a beautiful feeling, everything's going my way." The musical is Oklahoma, ...

Janice Ann's Journal 1/25: Chili Bowl Supper is Thursday  -  Jan 25, 2009
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FLIGHT PLANS  -  May 9, 2008
Pay-Per-View - Colorado Springs Gazette - ProQuest ArchiverIn. May, the trilling sound of the male broad-tailed hummingbird at dawn announces spring in the Rockies. At sunrise, the birds shoot over the dark treetops ...

Article: THOSE FEEDERS KEEP HUMMING.(Spotlight) - Rocky Mountain …  -  Sep 5, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Rocky Mountain News - HighBeam ResearchTHOSE FEEDERS KEEP HUMMING.(Spotlight) ... find Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) articles. Byline: Mary Taylor Young Is there a feeding frenzy going on in ...

WILD GEORGIA: Jan. 1 means little in nature  -  Dec 31, 2006
Pay-Per-View - Atlanta Journal-Constitution - NewsBankThe old year is nearly gone; a new year dawns. Some thoughts about New Year's Day:. • Humans, of course, are the only creatures that deem Jan. ...

Garden makeover  -  Aug 7, 2007
Casper Star Tribune - The Casper Star TribuneBut lately, at the Audubon Center at Garden Creek, she's easier to spot than the broad-tailed hummingbird or even the black-headed grosbeak. ...

Creature features From hummingbirds to moose, Colorado has 'em. …  -  May 26, 2008
$2.95 - Rocky Mountain News - NewsBankThe sky is an incredible blue, the snow is melted (or melting) and the wildflowers are opening in a symphony of color. Today's the unofficial start of ...

Letters to the Editor  -  May 11, 2007
Helena Independent RecordSunday, April 29, my six year old boy filled a Dixie cup with water and drank it. When he finished he asked what was wrong with the water. ...

Article: Hummers bring back springtime buzz.(Spotlight)(Column) -...  -  May 5, 2008
Pay-Per-View - Rocky Mountain News - HighBeam ResearchHummers bring back springtime buzz.(Spotlight)(Column) ... find Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) articles. Byline: Mary Taylor Young, Special to the Rocky ...

UNUSUAL MARSH VISITOR GETS AREA BIRD-WATCHERS BUZZING - ' …  -  Oct 3, 2006
$2.95 - Grand Forks Herald - NewsBankIt's apparently gone now, but a southern visitor to the Devils Lake area made quite a splash in North Dakota birding circles about 10 days ago. ...

UW students earn independent study aid  -  Oct 9, 2005
Casper Star Tribune - The Casper Star TribuneNine undergraduate students and 10 graduate students in the University of Wyoming College of Arts and Sciences were awarded $2500 each to tackle ...

For new species, state offers a place to nest  -  Jun 23, 2008
NewsOK.comBy Sarah D. Wire Comments 0. •Hummingbirds don't sleep: Actually, hummingbirds spend 80 percent of their day at rest, which is why they are drawn to areas ...

Go with a pro and see more  -  Aug 28, 2006
$2.95 - Berkshire Eagle, The - NewsBankThe soft hoo-hoo-hoo sound came from somewhere behind us in Frye Canyon, where Chuck LaRue was trying to rouse a painted redstart or a red-faced warbler ...

Oft-overlooked beauty emerges as winter begins  -  Dec 18, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Atlanta Journal-Constitution - NewsBankAutumn, the evening of the year, is nearly over. Winter, the night of the year, arrives officially Wednesday at 1:35 pm The first day of winter is known as ...

hummingbird (bird) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia  -  Jun 16, 2008
Subscription - Encyclopedia BritannicaThe broad-tailed hummingbird (S. platycercus) breeds in the western United States and Central America and the Allen's hummingbird breeds in the coastal ...

October features turning leaves and foaming beer  -  Oct 11, 2008
San Marcos Daily RecordBy Jerry Hall. Let's hear it for October, a marvelous month for turning leaves, soaring footballs, foaming beer and fascinating birds. ...

Midland Reporter Telegram  -  Jun 22, 2005
$2.95 - Midland Reporter-Telegram - NewsBankHave you heard the song of the Pecos River? Here is how to do it -- On a hot summer afternoon go to a place like the crossing of the Pecos west of Mentone ...

Nesting birds return  -  May 29, 2008
Casper Star-Tribune OnlineThe snow has not yet stopped falling in the mountains, but the spring bird migration is nearly complete for this year. Most of our nesting species have ...

Author: Jay Meehan, Record columnist  -  Apr 15, 2008
$2.95 - Park Record - NewsBankApril is National Poetry Month, but you knew that right? If ever a burg flaunted its quite singular poetic license through the years, it would have to be ...

Colorado Regulations - 2 CCR 406-8 FIELD TRIALS AND TRAINING OF …  -  Aug 9, 2005
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Ivory-billed woodpecker, Giant albatross and Carolina parakeet ...  -  ‎Mar 19, 2009‎
Wildlife ExtraA female broad-tailed hummingbird visiting a flower near the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory in Colorado. Credit David Inouye / US Geological Survey On

Meade County Birds: Broad-tailed Hummingbird  -  Aug 29, 2008
Dodge City Daily Globe,The Broad-tailed Hummingbird is a common species of the Rocky Mountains, but occasionally strays into Meade County. Photo by Marcus G. Martin,

Hummingbirds moving through the area  -  Sep 4, 2008
Kerrville Daily Times,Another western species, the broad-tailed hummingbird, is also appearing. However, their numbers are normally not large because they usually migrate

Early migrants are on the move already  -  Aug 7, 2008
Casper Star-Tribune Online,Broad-tailed hummingbird is a local nester and is by far the most common species in the area. This species can be found most commonly on Casper Mountain and

Birders catch, band hummers at annual event  -  Jul 24, 2008
Arizona Republic,Some species, such as the broad-tailed hummingbird, nest in southern Arizona, including in the White Mountains area, while others, such as rufous

Stirrings of spring are in the air  -  Feb 8, 2008
Atlanta Journal Constitution,They did see, however, a broad-tailed hummingbird in Mableton and a calliope hummingbird in Lilburn. "Four species of wintering hummers in a little over 6.5

Wondrous, ferocious, beautiful creatures in Childs' 'Animal Dialogues'  -  Feb 2, 2008
The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com,A broad-tailed hummingbird awakens him with the breeze of its wings as it hovers over his nose; a mountain lion stalks close enough for Childs to make out

Ruby-throats, a gardener's favorite  -  Aug 7, 2007
West Fargo Midweek,In particular, rufous hummingbirds have a reputation for extra-territorial wanderings, as well as their close cousin, the broad-tailed hummingbird.

Garden makeover  -  Aug 7, 2007
Jackson Hole Star-Tribune,By KRISTY GRAY But lately, at the Audubon Center at Garden Creek, she's easier to spot than the broad-tailed hummingbird or even the black-headed grosbeak.



Paradise found  Sep 2, 2006
Torn between the broad-tailed hummingbird up to its rose-red throat in a sunset-colored hummingbird mint and the view up the half-hazy U-shaped valley at the ... - The Coloradoan, [an error occurred while processing this directive]


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