Hummingbirds and Red Flowers - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - June 1, 2026

May 28, 2026 00:27:00
Hummingbirds and Red Flowers - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - June 1, 2026
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Hummingbirds and Red Flowers - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - June 1, 2026

May 28 2026 | 00:27:00

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Show Notes

If you’ve ever posted a photo on the massive community science project called iNaturalist and wondered how such contributions get used in research …. well, today’s guest is here to tell us about one especially stunning example. It involves 1.6 million such crowd-sourced observations, and the timing of the migration of hummingbirds in Eastern North America. You’ve probably heard it said that hummingbirds love red flowers, and scientists in the Hopkins Lab at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University took a much closer look at that connection thanks to all that community data, and the use of artificial intelligence to sort... Read More ›

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