Wanda Fisher is 91 years old and enjoys feeding the birds at her home in the Pomona Meadows. These hummingbirds seem to appreciate her generosity on a cool fall day.

When it comes to the science of speech, it turns out birdbrains aren’t so simple. A Portland researcher and more than 200 colleagues across the globe recently finished a project establishing a family tree for the world’s birds.

A male Rufus hummingbird hovers at a feeder in rural Wasco County. The motion of its rapidly beating wings has been frozen in this photograph by the extremely short burst of light produced by an electronic flash.