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Ruby-Throated
Hummingbird Map Questions
(Teachers:
Maps are hotlinked for larger projection on smartboard or screen.)
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| Look
at today's map and then at this summer satellite photo of North America. |
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Image: NASA |
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What
pattern do you notice? |
| After
looking at the satellite map, draw a line on the migration map showing
where you think the Rubythroat migration will be by June. |
Complete
this sentence: These maps "tell me" that the rubythroats
migrate to places that are/have
______________________________________________. |
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look at the rubythroat
distribution map. Why do you think they don't travel farther north
than they do? List a few ideas.* |
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Think about temperatures, food sources, and distance they must migrate
in spring and fall. Also recall that their northern limit is about the
same as the yellow-bellied sapsucker's limit.
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