North winds kept sightings of Ruby-throats at or below 33°N latitude this past week. Clear skies and a shift to southerly winds over much of the country could send them along their northbound journeys this week. Get your feeders ready.

"Looked out my kitchen window and there he was! Ah, the harbinger of spring!" exclaimed Mike from Meansville, Georgia on March 18th. (33°N)

"We are seeing solitary birds, Rufous and Ruby-throated each day since March 18th here in Wetumpka, Alabama." (32.5°N)

Western Hummingbirds
An early spring in the west has hummingbirds getting ready for nesting. Anna's hummingbirds zipped north to Sitka, Alaska early this spring. Pat Martin observed Anna's in early March where already the bushes, spring flowers, and salmonberries are flowering profusely.

"Males singing, doing their "J" flight. I believe females are on nests," reported an observer from Centralia, Washington on March 13th.