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Get ready! Find your feeders and clean them up. Winter is over in some parts of North America. The hummers will soon be arriving. By the end of February they can be at the northern coast of the Yucatan Peninsula, getting ready to make the journey across the Gulf of Mexico. Why don't they stay in the tropics? Find out in today's slideshow. Let's learn about bird banding and take a closer look.
This Week's Update Includes:
- Slideshow: Why Come Back North in Spring?
- Bird Banding: The Basics
- The Migration: Maps and Reporting
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| Courtesy of Debbie Stika |
| Tough Little Birds! |
Many hummingbirds migrate north in the spring, including the ruby-throated and rufous. Why don't they stay in the tropics?
Explore some of the reasons why they leave their winter home and take a long, dangerous journey north.
- Slideshow: Why Come Back North?
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| Slideshow |
Learn more about bird banding, and then follow along to see how banders captured and banded a "vagrant" rufous hummingbird this winter in Alabama.
Bird Banding
All hummingbirds do not go to Central America in the winter. Read the reports to learn more about some of the other hummer species sighted in February, including the rare Violet-crowned. Please help us document where hummingbirds are located this winter! |
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| Ruby-throated (map | animation | sightings) |
Rufous (map | animation | sightings) |
Other (map | animation | sightings) |
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| Ruby-throated |
Rufous |
Other Species |
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