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Jay J. Falk. Michael S. Webster, Dustin R. RubensteinPublished: August 26, 2021 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.07.043 Highlights Female white-necked jacobins are polymorphic—30% have male-like plumage All juveniles have male-like plumage, excluding sexual selection as an explanation Male-like females receive less con- and heterospecific social harassment Thus, male-like ornamentation in females can arise purely through non-sexual means

For several years, the Hummingbird Monitoring Network (HMN) focused its efforts on monitoring and studying hummingbird populations to obtain important information that supports conservation of these magnificent creatures. Hummingbird Conservation Networks (HCNs) is the result of integrating community-based conservation ideas into HMN’s science-based beginning. HCNs’ mission, essentially unchanged from HMN’s original mission, is to help hummingbirds survive, reproduce, and thrive while engaging human communities to demonstrate how they can benefit economically, socially, and ecologically through their hummingbird conservation activities. Maintaining hummingbird diversity and abundance throughout the Americas is still a primary focus of the organization. Their Website https://www.savehummingbirds.org/ Their Monitoring...

With its niche habitat in Ecuador under threat, the Blue-throated Hillstar was at risk from the moment it was identified. Blue-throated Hillstar

H. Ross Hawkins, the founder and Executive Director of the Hummingbird Society, passed away on July 08, 2020 in Scottsdale, Arizona.Ross was tireless in educating the public about hummingbirds and protecting the endangered species for more than 30 years. I had the good fortune to work on his Hummingbird Society board for several years and it was truly enlightening.My prayers are with him, Beth, their family and all the members of the Hummingbird Society. B.S. - Chemistry, University of Tulsa (OK) Ph.D. - Chemistry, University of California (Berkeley) Research Scientist, E.I. du Pont de Nemours (9 yrs) Investment Advisor, Delta Financial...

NOTE: Due to our proximity to the Santa Catalina Mountains/ Coronado National Forest/ Bighorn wildfire and mandatory evacuation we were temporary closed ( and may soon be closed again). Orders may be delayed. But for now we thankfully are back to serve our hummingbirding customers. We were less than a mile from the approaching conflagration and if the winds had shifted we could have faced serious trouble. Our status was SET and we were packed and ready to GO in an instant. With the high 106 degree temperatures, low humidity and a strong 15 mph west wind the fire was persistent. The the...