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Bird feeders have caused a dramatic evolution of California hummingbirds

Evolution doesn’t always take thousands or millions of years. Sometimes it happens right before our eyes.

Such is the case with the Anna’s hummingbird, a species that has undergone a dramatic transformation in just a few generations, all thanks to the advent of hummingbird feeders.


Beaks have grown longer and larger, and ranges have expanded to follow the feeders.

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