gregm
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Summer is awful but I saw a few today, I always have my feeders ready for these bad ass birds. US/Canada to Central america and vice versa. I just have my sky scanner alerts for prices from washington to san jose. lol These guys are flying across the gulf of mexico on a tail wind up to 100 miles an hour every year.
"When the Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds are flying over the Gulf of Mexico during migration, there is no place to land to sleep, so they must keep on going. Many years ago, fisherman and oil rig workers would report seeking hummingbirds zip by them out in the gulf 200 miles away from land. The hummingbirds could be seen flying low over the water toward shore. The workers started to notice this happening every year, recording the common migration routes taken by the Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds. It's amazing to think that these little tiny fluffs of feathers would travel over 450 miles of water with a 20 mile an hour headwind (with more than 20 hours of travel time) to make it to their favorite breeding grounds."
"Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds fly Eastern Coast of the United State and south in February and as far south as Panama in the winter starting in September. Some will travel over land to and from Central America while many others trek over the Gulf of Mexico"
"The Black-Chinned Hummingbirds fly zone is from the Southern United States and Mexico through British Columbia. The spring migration starts in March throughout the Southern United States reaching the North Western United States and British Columbia in May. They will start to leave British Columbia in September and return to Mexico by November."
The Calliope Hummingbirds will migrate in their fly zone in the springstarting in March and arrive in British Columbia starting in late May. They will then turn around and start to head back to their winter* home in August."
The Rufous Hummingbirds has a long fly-zone and will start in February and will travel along the west coast to British Columbia and Alaska by the end of April. They will travel in the fall starting in August to reach their winter destinations in southern and coastal California, along the Gulf Coast from Texas to Florida, and throughout Mexico."
"When the Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds are flying over the Gulf of Mexico during migration, there is no place to land to sleep, so they must keep on going. Many years ago, fisherman and oil rig workers would report seeking hummingbirds zip by them out in the gulf 200 miles away from land. The hummingbirds could be seen flying low over the water toward shore. The workers started to notice this happening every year, recording the common migration routes taken by the Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds. It's amazing to think that these little tiny fluffs of feathers would travel over 450 miles of water with a 20 mile an hour headwind (with more than 20 hours of travel time) to make it to their favorite breeding grounds."
"Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds fly Eastern Coast of the United State and south in February and as far south as Panama in the winter starting in September. Some will travel over land to and from Central America while many others trek over the Gulf of Mexico"
"The Black-Chinned Hummingbirds fly zone is from the Southern United States and Mexico through British Columbia. The spring migration starts in March throughout the Southern United States reaching the North Western United States and British Columbia in May. They will start to leave British Columbia in September and return to Mexico by November."
The Calliope Hummingbirds will migrate in their fly zone in the springstarting in March and arrive in British Columbia starting in late May. They will then turn around and start to head back to their winter* home in August."
The Rufous Hummingbirds has a long fly-zone and will start in February and will travel along the west coast to British Columbia and Alaska by the end of April. They will travel in the fall starting in August to reach their winter destinations in southern and coastal California, along the Gulf Coast from Texas to Florida, and throughout Mexico."
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