An Anna's Hummingbird sipping from a California Fuchsia. A new study suggests that hummingbirds are accustomed to ingesting small amounts of alcohol from natural sources, such as nectar.

While you wait, check out these stunning hummingbird photos. Two Green Violet-ear Hummingbirds ... Violet-tailed sylph.

tinny pit call and twitters distinct from Anna’s. Costa’s generally plainer on throat and underparts, without dusky throat spotting. See black-chinned hummingbird.

Patrick Coughlin This Anna’s hummingbird stops to smell the Pride of Madeiras in a Fisher Prize–winning photograph by Patrick Coughlin. Karen Boyer Guyton Karen Boyer Guyton earned an ...