Tracking the 2010 Fall Hummingbird Migration - Wildlife Gardeners

Cirsium · 08-21-2010, 12:54 AM

From Learner.org:

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They're such lightweights that you could mail ten of these tiny dynamos with just one stamp! Yet they manage to fly hundreds — or even thousands — of miles fueled by the nectar from blooming flowers.

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Journey South News: Fall 2010

Posted Fridays: Aug. 27, Sep. 3, 10, 17, 24, Oct. 1, 8, 15, 29, Nov. 5

Journey North Hummingbird Migration

Fall 2010 Hummingbird sightings (map):
Fall 2010 Hummingbird Sightings

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Seeing Hummingbirds? Let Us Know!
Please report your observations this fall as hummingbirds prepare to migrate and as they travel to their wintering grounds. With your help, we'll make a migration map to show where hummingbirds are present from August through December.

Journey North - Fall 2010 Hummingbird Migration:
Journey South Hummingbird Migration: Fall 2010

Track Hummingbird Migration as a Citizen Scientist
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Cirsium · 08-27-2010, 07:52 PM

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Week #2: Still Seeing Hummingbirds? Let Us Know!
During the past week, 842 people from Alaska to Florida shared their hummingbird observations. Thank you, citizen scientists! A picture of fall migration across North America is beginning to emerge.

Journey South Hummingbird Migration: Fall 2010

ButterflyLinda · 08-28-2010, 09:07 PM

Thanks for the links! This evening I saw a hummingbird that was NOT one of my resident hummers! In other words, not a Black-chinned Hummingbird...but don't know which of the other species it was. It appeared just as I took the feeder inside to rinse it out and fill it again. Not sure why, but the hummers like to show up when I do that. Maybe it was saying "Bring it back!", but I don't know. I try to get it back out as quickly as I can.

BooBooBearBecky · 08-28-2010, 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by ButterflyLinda

It appeared just as I took the feeder inside to rinse it out and fill it again. Not sure why, but the hummers like to show up when I do that. Maybe it was saying "Bring it back!", but I don't know. I try to get it back out as quickly as I can.

ButterflyLinda-
I've noticed the same behavior with the Ruby Throated Hummingbirds in my area. When I take the empty feeders down to refill, I get swarmed by hummingbirds. I fill them immediately and quickly return them to their hangers.

You're right I think they really are saying, "Bring it back!"

ButterflyLinda · 08-29-2010, 12:43 PM

They make a point of flying up where the feeder should be! Kind of like to make a point of looking for it. Well, I suppose I could get another identical feeder and switch between the two to eliminate the "waiting time"! Aaah...should I really spoil them that way? After all, I do have hummer plants they can use also! Right now, I have Turk's Cap, Desert Willow and Flame Acanthus blooming that they use...maybe others, but that's all I can think of.

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08-28-2010, 09:07 PM	#3
ButterflyLinda Salamander Join Date: May 2010 Location: Texas	Thanks for the links! This evening I saw a hummingbird that was NOT one of my resident hummers! In other words, not a Black-chinned Hummingbird...but don't know which of the other species it was. It appeared just as I took the feeder inside to rinse it out and fill it again. Not sure why, but the hummers like to show up when I do that. Maybe it was saying "Bring it back!", but I don't know. I try to get it back out as quickly as I can.

08-29-2010, 12:43 PM	#5
ButterflyLinda Salamander Join Date: May 2010 Location: Texas	They make a point of flying up where the feeder should be! Kind of like to make a point of looking for it. Well, I suppose I could get another identical feeder and switch between the two to eliminate the "waiting time"! Aaah...should I really spoil them that way? After all, I do have hummer plants they can use also! Right now, I have Turk's Cap, Desert Willow and Flame Acanthus blooming that they use...maybe others, but that's all I can think of.