Ruby-throated Hummingbird Spring Migration Route
Predictions and Results: Spring 2008
(Hummingbird HomeTeachers)

The first hummingbirds were reported on the dates shown in the following U.S. states and Canadian provinces. Predict what will happen next!
Note: This doesn't include rubythroats that seem to have spent the winter in the states.

 

Name of State Where
I Predict Hummingbirds Will Arrive

Name of State Where
Hummingbirds Actually Arrived

Date of Arrival

1st  
Louisiana
2/23
2nd  

Florida

2/24

3rd  

Texas

2/28

4th  

Mississippi

3/2

5th  

Alabama

3/3

6th  
Georgia
3/5
7th  
 South Carolina
 3/17
8th  
Oklahoma
3/20
9th  
Kansas
3/20
10th  
Arkansas
3/22
11th  
Tennessee
3/22
12th  
North Carolina
3/24
13th  
Missouri
3/25
15th  
Delaware
3/29
16th  
Pennsylvania
3/29
17th  
Kentucky
3/30
18th  
New Jersey
3/30
19th  
Maryland
3/31
20th  
Virginia
4/1
21st  
Illinois
4/1
22nd  
Indiana
4/3
23rd  
Ohio
4/4
24th  
Rhode Island
4/7
25th  
West Virginia
4/9
26th  
Michigan
4/9
27th  
Massachusettsk
4/10
28th  
Connecticutk
4/11
29th  
Wisconsin
4/11
30th
h
New York
4/15
31st  
Ontario, Canada
4/15
32nd  
Vermont
4/19
33rd  
Minnesota
4/21
34th  
New Hampshire
4/21
35th  
Maine
4/21
36th  
Iowa
4/22
37th  
Nova Scotia, Canada
4/23
38th
d
Quebec, Canada
4/24
39th
d
Nebraska
4/25
40th
d
New Brunswick, Canada
4/27
41st
d
dSouth Dakota
d5/1
42nd  
Prince Edward Island, Canada
5/6
43rd  
dNorth Dakota
5/10
44th  
Alberta, Canada
5/10
45th  
Manitoba, Canada
5/11
46th  
Saskatchewan, Canada
5/12
47th  
Newfoundland, Canada - New!
5/20