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The ruby throated hummingbirds as harbingers of changing seasons are now in migration mode flying south. The first hummingbirds to leave, usually at the end of July / early August, are the adult males followed by the females and the immature hummingbirds two to four weeks later. Hummingbirds do not migrate in flocks but chose to make the long journey on their own. For many, the summer and winter homes are more than 2,000 miles apart. Some hummingbirds fly straight across the Gulf of Mexico while others follow the western shore through Texas and Mexico. While most songbirds and some other kinds of birds migrate mainly at night, hummingbirds travel mostly in the daytime, flying fairly low—taking advantage of the...

Can you imagine the instinct birds have to know the whens and wheres to migrate? In spring their migration destination is most often their starting point, the place they were born.   Hummingbird watch has begun. They set their internal GPS’s weeks ago from the southern regions where they migrated to in the fall. Instinct now signals the search for an abundance of nectar. There are homes to build, eggs to hatch and young ones to encourage to take flight. Their timely appearance here is a happy place for us, as it signals our happy place in an abundance of colourful flower blooms, will have returned. If you are interested in following the migration of the hummingbirds click on the link below....