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Hummingbird
Migration Update: March 29, 2007 |
Today's
Report Includes:
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Please
Report
Your Sightings! >>
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Rufous Hummingbird
Photo:
Chris Wormwell > |
The Migration: Maps,
Sightings, Questions |
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Distribution Map |
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Rufous
Hummingbird
This
Week's Map >>
Sightings (for your maps) >>
Week-by-Week Animation >> |
Ruby-throated
Hummingbird
This Week's Map >>
Sightings (for your maps) >>
Week-by-Week
Animation >> |
Click-and-Print
Handout: Today's Hummingbird Map Questions >> |
Highlights:
Hummers Making Headway!
What's
the buzz? That's the sound of Ruby-throated hummingbirds filling
our skies — and map — in a BIG push northward! Isn't
it amazing to see the changes one week can bring? Ten Canadian observers
also reported spotting Rufous hummers north of the border this week!
(Click on our week-by-week animations to see how each migration
has advanced.) How would you explain the progress? (Hint: Look here
>>)
How close are YOUR hummers? Keep your keen eyes on the skies, flowers,
and hummingbird feeders . . . and stay tuned for next week's full
report! |
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Predict:
Waiting for One Special Hummer |
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Lanny Chambers, Journey North's
hummingbird expert, collects spring migration records of thousands of Ruby-throated
Hummingbirds. He kindly sends them to Journey North for our maps.
Since 1994, he has
also kept records of the first hummingbird arrival at his home near St.
Louis, Missouri. Our real-time map already shows reports from
Missouri. When will Lanny's bird arrive this year? Take a look at his
data and make a prediction!
- Lanny
Chambers' First Hummingbirds >>
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When will
Lanny see his first hummer this year? |
This Week's Hummingbird Resources |
- Predict:
Here Comes My Hummingbird! >>
- Lesson:
Spring Fever for Hummingbirds? Testing a Temperature Theory
of Migration >>
- Questions:
Making Sense of Journey North Maps >>
- Video
Clips : Hummingbirds:
Close-up and in Slow-motion >>
- Hummingbird
Migration Journals (click-and-print) >>
- Hummingbirds
for Kids
(booklets, photos, videos) >>
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The
Next Hummingbird Migration Update Will Be Posted on April 5, 2007
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