Hummingbird Migration Update: March 29, 2007

Today's Report Includes:

Please Report
Your Sightings! >>

Rufous Hummingbird
Photo: Chris Wormwell >
The Migration: Maps, Sightings, Questions

Distribution Map

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!



Predict: Waiting for One Special Hummer
Lesson >>
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 >>

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) >>
More Hummingbird Lessons and Teaching Ideas!

The Next Hummingbird Migration Update Will Be Posted on April 5, 2007