The wings of the world's tiniest birds are a near-invisible blur as they whizz around tourists visiting a private Cuban garden that has become a haven for the declining species. In Cuba, a haven for the world's tiniest bird The bee hummingbird, which measures just five to six centimeters long, is only found in Cuba. Another hummingbird, the Cuban Emerald, …
Some of my earliest childhood memories of my father are of him knee-deep in the lush foliage of our garden, which is filled with self-propagated plants and resourcefully constructed of homemade plant beds. To this day, he is my go-to person for all things nature, and I thought it would be selfish to keep his sage advice on garden-keeping all …
“The Hummingbirds’ Gift,” by Sy Montgomery As slight and zippy as its titular bird, “The Hummingbirds’ Gift: Wonder, Beauty and Renewal on Wings” is a fine way to spend an hour or so this spring. Sy Montgomery fans may have already read it as a chapter in “Birdology”, but if you’re coming to it cold, the rescue and rehabilitation of …
