Small Wonders
Apr 01, 2021
3 minutes
BY BOB YUNICK
The Adirondacks, with its varied forests and numerous lakes and streams, is an ideal habitat for the only hummingbird species that breeds in eastern North America, the ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris). The region’s wide array of flowering plants provide essential nectar for their diet, along with protein from abundant insects and spider silk for nest building.
The annual arrival of hummingbirds at my Jenny Lake camp, in northern Saratoga County, is a rite of spring. They readily come to feeders filled with sugar-water, where they put on
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