HMN Recent Publications

• Greeney, Harold F. and Susan M. Wethington, 2008 (submitted, Condor). Nesting near active Accipiter nests may reduce predation on Black-chinned Hummingbird nests
• Escalante-Limón Bernardina, Gabriel López-Segoviano, Francisca Y. Monjardin-Quevedo, José J. Robles-Bernal y Susan M. Wethington, 2008 (submitted, Huitzil). Caracteristicas florales y su influencia en la selección por colibríes durante el otoňo 2006, en la sierra de El Palmito, Sinaloa. Huitzil Revista de Ornitologia Mexicana
• Becker C. Dustin, Pascual Torees Prudent, Larry Vereen, Mark Gardiner, Lee Rogers, Evelyng Atudillo-Sanchez, and Susan Wethington, 2008 (submitted, Cotinga). Records of Chaetocercus woodstars in the Colonche Hills of western Ecuador (1996-2008) and conservation implications. Bird Conservation International
• McCaffrey Rachel E., and Susan M. Wethington, 2008 (submitted, Condor). How local floral abundance impacts hummingbirds’ use of feeders: a case study from southern Arizona. Condor
• Greeney Harold F., Eric R. Hough, Chris E. Hamilton and Susan Wethington, 2008 (in press, Huitzil). Nestling growth and plumage development of the Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) in southeastern Arizona.
• Wethington, S.M. 2008. Addressing hummingbird conservation concerns. Program and Abstracts of Presented Papers and Posters: Fourth International Partners in Flight Conference: Tundra to Tropics: Connecting Birds, Habitats, and People. McAllen, Texas.
• Powers Donald R., Kevin M. Smith, Susan M. Wethington, Bret W. Tobalske, Philip W. Getsinger, and Sean D. Powers, 2008. The Effect of Some Physiological, Morphological, and Environmental Variables on Hovering Metabolic Rate in Hummingbirds. Program and Abstracts of Presented Papers and Posters: The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting. San Antonio, Texas.
• Wethington, Susan M, George C. West, Barbara A. Carlson, 2006. Estimating abundance so trends in hummingbird populations can be detected. Book of Abstracts, 4th North American Ornithological Conference: Wings without Borders. Veracruz, Mexico.
• Wethington, S. M., 2006. Hummingbird migration: Identifying potential route boundaries and abiotic factors affecting abundance of migrants. Book of Abstracts, 4th North American Ornithological Conference: Wings without Borders. Veracruz, Mexico.  
• Wethington, S.M.; West G.C., and Carlson B.A., 2005. Hummingbird conservation: Discovering diversity patterns in southwest USA. In  Connecting mountain islands and sesert seas: biodiversity and management of the Madrean Archipelago II. Compiled by G. J. Gottfried, B.S. Gebow, L.G. Eskew, and C.B. Edminster. 2004 May 11-15; Tucson, AZ. pp 162-168. Proceedings RMRS-P-36. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agricultuer, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.
• Wethington, S. M., S. M. Russell, and G. C. West. 2004.  Timing of hummingbird migration in southeastern Arizona: Implications for their conservation. In Ralph, C. J. and T. D. Rich [eds.], Bird Conservation Implementation and Integration in the Americas: Proceedings of the Third International Partners In Flight Conference. 2002 March 20-24; Asilomar, California; Volme 1: pp 646-651.. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-191.  Albany, CA. Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
• Wethington, S.M.; West G.C., and Carlson B.A., 2003. Hummingbird conservation: Discovering diversity patterns in southwestern USA. Program and Abstracts of Presented Papers and posters. Cooper Ornithological Society 75th Annual Meeting.
• Wethington S.M.; Russell, S. M. 2003. The Seasonal Distribution and Abundance of Hummingbirds in Oak Woodland and Riparian Communities. Condor 105(3): 484-495.
• Wethington S. M. 2002. Violet-crowned Hummingbird (Amazilia violiceps). In A. Poole and F. Gill [eds.], The birds of North America. No. 688. The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA.
• Wethington, S. M., G.C. West, B. A. Carlson, N.L. Newfield, and S.J. Peters. 2002. Longevity records for North American Hummingbirds. N.Am. Bird Bander. 27(4):131-133
• Wethington, S. M., G.C. West, and B. A. Carlson. 2002. Studying hummingbird migration and monitoring their productivity and survivorship. N.Am. Bird Bander. 27(3):109.