Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Hummingbirds in Andes Mountains found nesting in colonies, defying norms <a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-03-hummingbirds-andes-mountains-colonies-defying.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-03-hummingb</span><span class="invisible">irds-andes-mountains-colonies-defying.html</span></a> paper: <a href="https://academic.oup.com/auk/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/ornithology/ukae063/7912599" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">academic.oup.com/auk/advance-a</span><span class="invisible">rticle-abstract/doi/10.1093/ornithology/ukae063/7912599</span></a></p><p>"<a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Hummingbirds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hummingbirds</span></a> are often highly aggressive and territorial, but in the tough terrains of the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Andes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Andes</span></a> Mountains, researchers found a species of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/hummingbird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hummingbird</span></a> is living cohesively with its peers... They live in a very harsh environment above the tree line... they may get easier access to mates and food resources by an exchange of information between members of a colony."</p>