Steadily lengthening days have cast a blush of color to several trees and shrubs in the Piedmont. Certain maples are tinged red, and if you lo…
Q: Are any tax preparers available to seniors as AARP provided at a couple of our libraries in previous years? Your help would be appreciated …
Editor's note: As hummingbirds are beginning to migrate back to our region for the summer, please enjoy this column originally published April…
Q: The Winston-Salem Journal often lists patient’s conditions as “serious,” “critical,” etc. What is the meaning of the various conditions? If…
Late summer is the slowest time of year for observing birds and their behavior. Birds hatched this year are off on their own now, and the pare…
Following recent changes in the U.S. relationship with Cuba, I decided that it was a good time to see some uniquely Cuban birds.
For the price of a pound of coffee, you can add to your morning cup of java one of nature’s most sublime creations — ruby-throated hummingbirds.
Q: Where are the hummingbirds this year? I have not seen any, and I change my feeder weekly.
A few weeks ago I wrote about a trip with friends to Arizona where several birds range just over the Mexican border into the U.S. Many of them…
With all the breeding birds returning to this area and all the migrants passing through, May is the best time of year for enjoying birds in ou…
To hear a rufous hummingbird, see this story at JournalNow.com.
If you want to get a sense of the size of a hummingbird’s nest, try this: Take a man’s wedding band and place it on a table in front of you.
Q: I planted a mum in my flower bed last fall. It is coming up and I need to know what to do to make it have lots of blooms this fall?
Katherine McGinnis, master gardener, will lead a butterfly and hummingbird gardening lecture at 11 a.m. May 11 at the Central Library, 660 W. …
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Ruby-throated hummingbirds are migrating to North America weeks earlier than in decades past, and research indicates that h…
The flight of a hummingbird caught my eye as the bird wove through the trees in my backyard. It paused to hover long enough for me to get my b…
The Pentagon is pouring millions of dollars into the development of tiny drones inspired by biology — such as the hummingbird — each equipped …
A month ago, I looked out at the falling snow and wondered, "Will spring ever come?" Of course, it has, and prime bird-watching season is here…
Sure, you know that hummingbirds feed on the nectar of flowers. But did you know that they eat a lot of insects as well? Not big ones, mind yo…