Date: 3/7/26 4:44 pm From: anne davis <aiwdavis73...> Subject: Re: Hummingbird Central - Hummingbird Migration Map
Awesome, Jerry, we always have Black-chinned and Ruby-throated
Hummingbirds. Two feeders just far enough apart that they can manage to
feed without too much territorial "fighting."
anne
On Sat, Mar 7, 2026 at 1:40 PM Jerry Davis <jwdavis...> wrote:
> Thanks Anne. I am not sure about your hummingbirds, but if I do not have
> the feeders out and in place when they arrive, they will hover at the
> window to get my attention that I have not done my job. A few years ago
> when I was visiting friends
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> Thanks Anne.
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> I am not sure about your hummingbirds, but if I do not have the feeders
> out and in place when they arrive, they will hover at the window to get my
> attention that I have not done my job. A few years ago when I was visiting
> friends in Sedona Arizona I was looking out their window and a
> Black-chinned hummingbird was hovering at a fork in the Juniper tree in
> their backyard. When I asked them about it, they said that is where we hung
> the hummingbird feeder last year and have not got it out yet.
>
> Remember whether it is Hummingbirds, Purple Martins, Chimney Swifts, or
> other birds they have an address and return. They can migrate thousands of
> miles and return to the same location. When Dr Bednarz from Arkansas State
> University was studying Thrushes in Idaho, banded birds that had migrate
> 1,000 miles returned to the same spot each year. When I was watching Dawn
> and Ross Carrie in Texas band birds a White-eyed Vireo was caught in the
> mist net just 6 feet from where it was caught and banded the year before.
>
> Remember that birds have an address and if their habitat has changed and
> is no longer there, their survival and success in seeking other unoccupied
> habitat is reduced and this reduces their chance for survival.
>
> Jerry Wayne Davis
> Hot Springs.
>
> *From:* anne davis
> *Sent:* Saturday, March 7, 2026 12:33 PM
> *To:* <OKBIRDS...>
> *Subject:* Re: [OKBIRDS] Hummingbird Central - Hummingbird Migration Map
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> Many thanks for the Hummingbird info, Jerry. Looking forward to their
> arrival and warmer temps! anne Norman OK On Mar 7, 2026, at 11: 36 AM,
> jwdavis@ cablelynx. com wrote: This migration map is one you can follow
> to provide insight when the Ruby-throated
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> Many thanks for the Hummingbird info, Jerry. Looking forward to their
> arrival and warmer temps!
>
> anne
> Norman OK
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> On Mar 7, 2026, at 11:36 AM, <jwdavis...> wrote:
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>
> This migration map is one you can follow to provide insight when the
> Ruby-throated Hummingbirds and others might arrive. There are other sites.
> My hummingbirds usually arrive in Hot Springs on the 3rd week in March.
> They are already in Texas,
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> This migration map is one you can follow to provide insight when the
> Ruby-throated Hummingbirds and others might arrive. There are other sites.
> My hummingbirds usually arrive in Hot Springs on the 3rd week in March.
> They are already in Texas, Mississippi, and Florida now. Be thinking about
> getting your feeders clean and ready.
>
> 2026 hummingbird spring migration map, 2026 hummingbird sightings,
> hummingbird tracker, migration patterns, migration times
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> Jerry Wayne Davis
> Hot Springs, AR
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