News Update: April 9, 2009      Name _________________________ 


Cold and Wild Weather! How Do Rubythroats Get By?
Discussion Questions
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  • What new things did you learn about ruby-throated hummingbirds?

  • What things surprised you?

  • What words indicate that even experts are not certain about what will happen to rubythroats? (Make a list.)

  • What adaptations help migrating rubythroats survive bad weather?

  • 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 can you do to help migrating hummingbirds?

  • What do you wonder about hummingbirds and their migration after reading this piece?