Spring 2015 Migration of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds (map)

[Omaha Steve]

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[livetohike]

1. It's so cold here in PA. Will be in the teens tonight.

I expect they will be late to arrive here this year .

[KT2000]

2. A hummingbird with magenta chest

landed on the branch of a bush right in front of us a few weeks ago. We had never seen one like it before. It sat there for a long time looking in our direction. I can't find an exact match in my bird books and was hoping the ruby throated was it but apparently not - it appears their ruby color is just the throat. And, their migration pattern does not fit.
This was on the Strait of Juan de Fuca which borders Canada and NW Washington.

[fadedrose]

6. Put out a feeder l/4 cup sugar in 1 cup water

That hummer is tired and hungry..

[KT2000]

8. Yes - I figured it was resting

It was next to the beach - half mile away from my house so I won't be able to put out sugar water but several people on that road do have feeders for hummingbirds.
I have resident hummingbirds - all year round - and I have plants they use all year long. It's amazing what they find in the winter!

[MoonchildCA]

7. Anna's Hummingbird, perhaps?

[KT2000]

9. YES!! Thank you!

That's it! Just found a photo of one that looks just like it. My book must have shown the opposite sex of the one I saw.
Thank you - my walking buddy will be glad to know too.

[MoonchildCA]

11. I'm near the coast in California.

We have a lot of them here.

[shenmue]

3. Boids!

[Savannahmann]

4. Saw my first hummer of the season a week ago.

Put the feeders up right away after mixing the juice. I usually have a good bunch of hummingbirds every year. Grandma's recipie may not meet the experts approval, but the birds like it.

[fadedrose]

5. My dear Steve..

I would love to see a hummingbird. I plant tall scarlet salvias for them but the number that we get here in Michigan has gone way down. Haven't seen one.

Saw a grosbeak yesterday, and the redwings came back about a week ago, and today the cowbirds showed up. I saw my first robin only 3 days ago, and I usually see them in early February so I threw some grapes out for them.

The starlings have returned from wherever they were all winter, and am relieved to see them. We have two gorgeous hawks that fly over; one is a huge brown, beige front, rusty brown speckles on his/her chest, and a long-tailed black and white goshawk. The starlings are numerous enough to feed them and birds do age. I like the hawks and don't want them to starve, but I don't want them feeding on woodpeckers, blue jays, cardinals, chickodees, nuthatches, titmice, you know the routine....orioles arrive first week of May.

[fadedrose]

10. Miserable weather, war, politics, tv, everything sucks

until you posted this about birds, Steve. Can't wait to see blossoms and all the birds again. They bring their babies to the feeders and put food in their mouths, and fly away with food for the nest ....and feed them.

I just can't wait..this has been the longest winter.....