Migration News: September 26, 2014
By Jane Duden
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Sightings are fewer and farther between in the north, and hummers are still arriving at the Gulf Coast. The migration's leading edge has not changed much from 41-42 degrees, but the number of reports (and therefore number of total hummers seen by our observers) is down 35% from last week. Several observers offered this advice:

“Several birds have been passing through to fuel up the last couple of weeks. Keep your feeders out to help these birds get where they need to go."
Thomas in Locust Valley, NY 09/16/14 

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