Hummingbird Migration News: Fall 2015

Hummingbirds

Hummingbird Migration: October 23, 2015
By Rita Welch

Report Sightings!

We are eagerly waiting for news of arrivals in Costa Rica, while migration in the north dwindles. The number of reports dropped significantly this week. Observers were surprised by late-season stragglers:

"Lone hummingbird is still here. Fortunately, the salvia is too as that is all it feeds on."
Susan from Midland, Michigan 10/20/15

Report Your Sightings
Please continue to report sightings weekly as long as hummingbirds are present. Tracking continues through fall and winter. No hummers? No report necessary.

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Highlights: During fall migration, hummingbirds are...




Straggling Southward Linda Tully Pontius	Crossing Mexico Arnulfo Moreno	Arriving in Tropics? Patricia Nethercote

Citizen Scientists: Telling the Story

As hummingbirds reach their winter home and the season nears the end, it's time to thank all of our citizen scientists who make tracking migration possible. Your observations and photos tell the story of fall migration.

Next Update October 30, 2015