Day After Day of Rain and Snow
Keep your eyes on the maps above to see what happened with the weather last week. Notice the area in and around the pink circle (in the Pacific Northwest). Genrerally rufous hummers are moving northward from Vancover Island this time of year. There wasn't a single sighting report between Vancover Island, BC, and Alaska last week. Why? Let's explore the possibilities.
1. What was the weather like last week in the Pacific Northwest?
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2. Could you say that because there were no sighting reports that there were no hummingbirds there? ___________________________________
3. What are some possible explanations for why there were no sighting reports there?
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4. What ways do you think the weather affected the hummingbirds? _____
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5. What ways do you think the weather affected people who watch for hummingbirds? _________________________________________________
As citizen scientists we cannot be sure of a conclusion. We can only study the situation and find possible explanations.
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