News Update: March 26, 2009       Name ______________________ 

Rufous Hummingbird Map Questions
(Teachers: Map is hotlinked for larger projection on smartboard or screen.)
Look at the rufous hummingbird migration map and then at this map. Next, answer the questions below the map.

Map: Shows the amount that temperatures are predicted to vary from normal the last week of March, 2009.

  • "0" = Normal average temperature from March 23 - 30.
  • Colors = Predicted number of degrees above or below normal temperature.

Write a sentence about this week's predicted temperatures along the rufous hummers' migration route:

How do you think this forecast might affect the rufous hummingbird migration? *

How might rufous hummers that push north have trouble meeting their basic needs?

* It is also forecast to be rainy and perhaps, snowy, where the leading edge of the rufous migration is traveling.