By Land or By Sea?
Overwintering Ruby-throats begin moving north as early as January, and by the end of February they are at the northern coast of the Yucatan. Some hummers travel by land — skirting around the Gulf of Mexico and following the Texas Coast north. Others migrate over water — 500 miles across the Gulf.
![Journey North: Hummingbird Migration](https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/journeynorth.org/images/graphics/h-l/ruby_dist01_540.gif)
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