Articles for tag: animal behavior, bird migration, desert towns, Hummingbirds, nature in the desert

A superb fairywren perches on a weathered log.

Why Hummingbirds Keep Appearing in Desert Towns

Suhail Ahmed

  Across the Southwest, people in dusty cul-de-sacs and gas station parking lots are looking up, startled, as glittering hummingbirds dart between ocotillo spikes and desert willow blossoms. The mystery is both simple and astonishing: a burst of rain flips the desert’s switch, and nectar floods the landscape like a sudden jackpot. In that brief ...