This Update Includes:

• News: Reaching the End
• Explore: Nest Building...Capture the Wonder
• Maps: Migration Status
• Annual Evaluation: Please Share Your Thoughts

• In Michigan: "This was about 9 days later than last year." Lansing 05/18/13
• In Quebec: "A male came in today (the latest date in 7 years)." Sherbrooke 05/16/13

Rufous News
Rufous are spreading far and wide into the corners of their breeding territory now.

• From Tacoma, "Female rufous still hanging around, no males yet. Males usually show up toward the end of May or early June the past four years. I'm waiting..." Washington 05/17/13
• From Calgary, "Saw a Rufous hummingbird flitting around pussy willows in a stream bed near the Chateau Lake Louise Hotel." Alberta 05/18/13
  

Ruby-throat News
It is all about the females now. Some observers are watching females showing nesting behaviors, others report birds stopping briefly while journeying north.

• "I think it may be the same female sighted two weeks ago going to Hamelia hummingbird trees. We had one female rubythroat nesting a couple of years ago in the magnolia tree next door when there was a mild winter" writes Beverly. Houston, TX 05/20/13
• "She sat a long while and drank freely, before taking off. I assume she was in migration." Red Hook, NY 05/18/13

What's Happening Next
Watch female hummingbirds for behavior that might signal nest building or nestling feeding. Females in the south could be starting their second round of nesting.

• Nest Building...Capture the Wonder

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