Hummingbirds

Resources to Explore

Getting Started

• Overview: Journey North's Hummingbird Migration Study
• Fact Page: Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
• Slideshow: Annual Cycle of the Ruby-throated Hummingbird
• Journal: Keep a Hummingbird Migration Journal
• Slideshow: Tracking Seasonal Change with Journey North

Image: Laura Erickson

Identification

• Slideshow: Rufous and Ruby-Throated: Identifying Two Hummingbird Species
• Article: Ruby Identification: Field Markings
• Activity: Common North American Hummingbirds
  
  
  

Nesting and Baby Hummingbirds

• Photo Gallery: Day-by-Day Nesting Photos
• Slideshow: Make Way for Nesting
• Slideshow: Inside the Nest
• Slideshow: Nestlings Become Fledglings
• Activity: Nesting Phenology and Chore Chart

Food

• Slideshow: Fueling Migration
• Article: Food Means Survival
• Activity: Hummingbird Metabolism
• Article: Hummingbird Food Chains

Spring Migration

• Slideshow: An Amazing Rubythroat Journey
• Slideshow: Why Come Back North in the Spring?
• Activity: Predict the Route of the Spring Migration
• Activity: Habitat and the Seasons
• Activity: How Many Miles Per Day?
• Activity: Compare Hummingbird and Monarch Migration
• Archives: Historical Data and Activity

Conservation

• Activity: Create a Haven for Hummingbirds
• Activity: Build Your Own Feeders
• Article: Hummer Beware
• Article: Keep Kitty Indoors
• Article: Hummingbird Bander

Additional Resources

• Ask the Expert
• Teaching Resources
• Student Portfolios as Visual Organizers for Journey North
• Journey North's Study of the Seasons
• Archived Hummingbird Resources

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