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Journey North News will be posted on Thursdays: Feb. 12, 26, Mar. 4*, 11, 18*,25, Apr.1*, 8, 15*,22, 29*,May 6, 13* (* Migration Data Only) Journey North News Hummingbird Migration Update: February 12, 2004 Ruby-throats are still on their sunny tropical wintering grounds, but Rufous hummers are beginning move! How do you tell a Rufous from a Ruby-throat? And if things are so good in the tropics, why do the Ruby-throats even come back? Our landmass activity has clues. Hummingbird Migration Update: February 26, 2004 With a pulse of Rufous Hummingbirds moving through southern California, Rufous migration is underway. The Ruby-throats are coming too, with the first arrival reported Feb. 25 in Shalimar, FL. Imagine the challenges those early arrivals face in order to stay alive in cold temps! Find out how they do it and sharpen your pencils for Challenge Question #3. Hummingbird Migration Update: March 4, 2004 Just a quick update today to give you the latest data for your migration map. Watch for a full update next week - and keep watching and listening for hummingbirds! Hummingbird Migration Update: March 11, 2004 Hummers are on the move! Mike Patterson welcomed his first Rufous on March 5. The first females were reported, and also the first report from British Columbia. More Ruby-throats are arriving in the Gulf states daily. Find out the challenge of this weeks data as you learn about vagrants and outliers. and figure out how many hours it takes a hummer to cross the Gulf of Mexico.   Hummingbird Migration Update: March 18, 2004 Just a quick update today to give you the latest data for your migration map. Watch for a full update next week - and keep watching and listening for hummingbirds! Hummingbird Migration Update: March 25, 2004 Rufous and Rubythroats are are on the move, gaining in both abundance and distribution. A territorial hummingbird flies in a pattern--usually a U or an oval--which it repeats over and over, wings buzzing. Learn about courtship displays! From an offshore oil platform high above the Gulf of Mexico, how does naturalist John Arvin describe the "river of birds" migrating overhead all night long? Hummingbird Migration Update: April 1, 2004 Just a quick update today to give you the latest data for your migration map. Watch for a full update next week - and keep watching and listening for hummingbirds! Hummingbird Migration Update: April 8, 2004 The first Rufous hummngbirds arrived in Alaska on March 30 at Ketchikan! Rufous females are building nests; we share "blueprints" so you can try it too. Rubythroats also pushed northward, arriving earlier than usual in some places. See what you can discover with calculations using arrival-date data. Take our video challenge: Can you create a Venn diagram to help you identify a mystery animal often mistaken for a hummingbird? Hummingbird Migration Update: April 15, 2004 Just a quick update today to give you the latest data for your migration map. Watch for a full update next week - and keep watching and listening for hummingbirds! Hummingbird Migration Update: April 22, 2004 In a busy week, Rufous hummers continue moving northward and inland-- but why north before inland? Rubythroats are into Wisconsin and Iowa, and farther north in Michigan and the New England states--but where are they missing, and why? Enjoy a dazzling photo safari as we peek into a hummer nest, with curious questions as the eggs hatch and the babies grow. Sharpen your pencils for a lesson on calculating the mean, and see how you did on predicting the date of Lanny s first hummer. Hummingbird Migration Update: April 29, 2004 Just a quick update today to give you the latest data for your migration map. Watch for a full update next week - and keep watching and listening for hummingbirds! Hummingbird Migration Update: May 6, 2004 The past week brought the greatest number of Rubythroat sightings this season as they near the finish line, and Rufous hummers are making progress inland. Compare number of sightings per week of this season to size up the migration. Follow our nest photos to fledging, and put some teamwork together to see how many similarities and differences you can find between monarch butterflies and hummingbirds. FINAL Hummingbird Migration Update: May 13, 2004 A quick update today to give you the final data for your migration map. Join us next spring for another fantastic hummingbird migration season!                          Copyright 1997-2004 Journey North. All Rights Reserved. Please send all questions, comments, and suggestions to our feedback form