Week Ending May 9, 2012
Use your Journal: What thoughts and questions do you have when you read these selected reports?
05/07/12 Cooper, Maine
The first male hummingbird arrived along with many other migrating birds last night and early this morning here in Cooper, DownEast Maine.
05/07/12 Woodstock, Maine
I was on the deck above the feeder when two of them flew around my head and took off. I subsequently went down to the feeder level and took a photo through the glass door.
05/06/12 Eldora, Iowa
Submitting a picture of the hummingbird I first saw yesterday. It came back to sip nectar from the wild columbine, and perched long enough on the garden fence for me to get a photo.
05/06/12 Waukesha, Wisconsin
Saw my first hummingbird here since I moved here. Female at the feeder.
05/05/12 Welland, Ontario
Finally spotted a hummer in my yard - a male - the same date of my first sighting last year.
05/07/12 Burlington, Vermont
I observed a male ruby throat buzzing around the inside of a canvas covered "barn." It was clear that the little guy was having a feast on all the insects.
Many interesting sightings and observations are found in the "Other Species Sighted"
Lucifer:
04/15/12 Terlingua, Texas
Male Lucifer Hummingbird at my feeder. Female in nearby shrub. The ocotillo blooms are fading and the Lucifer finally showed up at 'home.'
Unknown:
04/11/12 La Habra Heights, California
Not sure what species this one is, but just loved the picture. (See Image of the Week in today's update.)
- Reports from Other Observers: You can find all observations reported this week in the sightings database and on the on the rufous,rubythroat, and other hummingbird migration maps.
Eldora, Iowa: It came back to sip nectar from the wild columbine, and perched long enough on the garden fence for me to get a photo.
