Hummingbirds

Resources to Explore

Citizen Science

• What to Report
• Where to Report
• Maps

Getting Started

• Overview: Spring Hummingbird Migration
• Slideshow: Annual Cycle
• Journal: Keep a Migration Journal

Identification

• Activity: Fifteen Species
• Article: Male or Female? Adult or Juvenile?
• Article: Ruby Identification: Field Marks
• Slideshow: Rufous and Ruby-Throated Identification
• Fact Page: Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Spring Migration

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

Migration Stories

• Article: Rescue on the Gulf of Mexico #1
• Article: Rescue on the Gulf of Mexico #2
• Article: Hummingbird in My Garage
• Slideshow: Ruby-throat Rushes from Canada to Texas
• Slideshow: Sweet Pea's Long Journey

Nesting and Babies

• 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
• Activity: Tracking Food Consumed at Our Feeder

Food

• Slideshow: Fueling Migration
• Article: Food Means Survival
• Activity: Metabolism
• Article: Food Chains
• Article: Torpor
• Article: Bees At Feeders?
• Article: Measuring Food at Your Feeder
• Gallery: Spring Flowers

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

Fall Migration

• Article: Fueling Up: Nectar and Migration
• Article: How Many Miles: How Far and How Fast?
• Article: Stopover Sites: Resting and Refueling
• Article: Surviving Cold Temperatures: Feathers and Torpor
• Gallery: Nectar Sources: Late Summer and Fall
• Video: Managing Flight Feathers
• Maps: Migration Map Archives

Additional Resources

• Archived Resources