News Update: April 19, 2007       Name ______________________ 

• What new things did you learn about ruby-throated hummingbirds from Lanny's report?
  
  
• What things in Lanny's report surprised you?
  
  
• What words in the report indicate that Lanny is not certain about what will happen to rubythroats? (Make a list.)
  
  
• What factors does Lanny think are most important for the survival of migrating Rubythroats?
  
  
• Why isn't a bad spring storm or natural disaster likely to wipe out most of the migrating Rubythroats?
  
  
• What are the advantages of being an "early migrating" rubythroat? What are the risks?
  
  
• What does Lanny think might be a problem for the rest of the hummingbirds as they migrate north? What can you do to help?
  
  
• What do you wonder about hummingbirds and their migration after reading Lanny's report?