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Hummingbird Migration Update: April 15, 2003 (Data Only)


Today's Report Includes:


Rufous Hummingbirds Make Big Push into Alaska!
Despite cooler than average temperatures, Mike Patterson reports that
Rufous Hummingbirds made a big push into Alaska last week, with many now in the Juneau area. Two Rufous Hummingbirds were also reported east of the Cascades, in Winfield, British Columbia and Peshastin, Washington. High numbers of Rufous Hummingbirds are still being reported
around feeders west of the Cascades.

Rufous Hummingbird

Courtesy of Mike Patterson
Neawanna Wetland Ecological Observatory

If YOU see a Rufous Hummingbird in the West, make sure you report it to Mike Patterson. And if you see hummers, make sure you let him know if any flowers are blooming, too!


Ruby-throated Hummingbirds Reach Lake Michigan!
Ruby-throated Hummingbirds are still making steady progress. Do you think one will cross the border into Canada this week?

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Courtesy of Lanny Chambers, Hummingbirds.net


Lanny Chambers does such an extraordinary job of compiling all this hummingbird data that we bet he's impatient to see his own hummingbird turn up. When do you think his first hummingbird will arrrive? See the first dates his hummingbirds appeared in recent years here:


The Next Hummingbird Migration Update Will Be Posted on April 22, 2003.

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