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Hummingbird Migration

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Post: # 146604Unread post GoDawgs
Fri Mar 07, 2025 9:05 am

Hummers usually show up here around the 15th to 20th of March so I just checked the migration map for the first time this year.

@PlainJane, got your feeder up? Also any of you along the Gulf coast from the FL panhandle to New Orleans.

https://hummingbirdcentral.com/hummingb ... 25-map.htm

Time to get our feeders out of storage. That's one of Pickles' obsessions. :)

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Post: # 146661Unread post PlainJane
Fri Mar 07, 2025 6:49 pm

@GoDawgs I don’t put out feeders but the Abutilon is covered with flowers and Salvia are pretty well recovered from the earlier frosts. The black chinned that overwintered can be heard squeaking away whenever I walk through the yard.
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Fri Mar 07, 2025 8:25 pm

PlainJane wrote: Fri Mar 07, 2025 6:49 pm @GoDawgs I don’t put out feeders but the Abutilon is covered with flowers and Salvia are pretty well recovered from the earlier frosts. The black chinned that overwintered can be heard squeaking away whenever I walk through the yard.
What the heck is a black chinned hummingbird doing in Florida? That’s like 1,000 miles east of their normal range.
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Sat Mar 08, 2025 5:48 am

karstopography wrote: Fri Mar 07, 2025 8:25 pm
PlainJane wrote: Fri Mar 07, 2025 6:49 pm @GoDawgs I don’t put out feeders but the Abutilon is covered with flowers and Salvia are pretty well recovered from the earlier frosts. The black chinned that overwintered can be heard squeaking away whenever I walk through the yard.
What the heck is a black chinned hummingbird doing in Florida? That’s like 1,000 miles east of their normal range.
Professor Google say the the Black Chinned and Rufous can be found in Florida from time to time.
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Post: # 146705Unread post PlainJane
Sat Mar 08, 2025 10:40 am

It’s hard to get a good look at her as she’s very active. Seems a little bigger, guessing closer to 4”, greenish back, white tail tips.
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