Hummingbird Migration Update: April 12, 2007

Today's Report Includes:

Please Report
Your Sightings! >>

Frozen food for
Rubythroats? >
Photo: Suzanne DeJohn
The Migration: Maps, Questions, and Highlights

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 >>

Handout: Today's Hummingbird Map Questions >>
(Temperature Map to View with Handout >)

Highlights: Weathering Weather!
A cold snap in the Eastern part of the United States was the name of the game this week. Journey North observers told tales of frosted plants, snow, and below-freezing temperatures! It surely stopped Rubythroats in their tracks. The leading edge of the migration barely inched northward. Meanwhile, things got interesting out West. Three Rufous hummer reports came from Alaska! That's not so strange this time of year, but the creatures showed up more than 600 miles north of the next closest sighting! How would you explain that? Explore more in this week's Hummingbird Action reports! >>


Also, keep watching the weather, your feeders, and hummingbird habitats, then return for next week's full report and slideshow!
Journal: Hummers and the Big Chill!
Weather maps tell story! >

Brrr. After moving north on warm winds, Rubythroats faced the big chill last week. They must have had a real shock!

  • What story do the weather maps tell?
    From Warm to Cold Unseasonably >>


  • Journal Questions Handout: Hummers and The Big Chill >>
Expert answers to your hummingbird questions!
You'll find them all here >>
This Week's Hummingbird Resources
  • Instructions: How to Create a Haven for Hummingbirds >>
  • Lesson: Hummingbird Habitat and the Seasons (What Hummers Need to Survive) >>
  • Video Clip: 15 Seconds with a Male Hummingbird >>
  • Mapping: Key Lessons & Resources: Making, Reading and Interpreting Maps >>
  • 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 19, 2007