Date: 3/7/26 7:09 pm From: Jerry Davis <jwdavis...> Subject: Re: Hummingbird Central - Hummingbird Migration Map
Thank you. Looks like you have that covered and maybe need to tell the map makers they need a correction. Take care. Life is Better with Birds. Jerry On 2026-03-07 8: 45 pm, drhal2 Yocum wrote: > Correction- I am not an eBirder but my birdingZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerStart External Email ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerEnd
Thank you. Looks like you have that covered and maybe need to tell the map makers they need a correction. Take care. Life is Better with Birds.
Jerry
On 2026-03-07 8:45 pm, drhal2 Yocum wrote: > Correction- I am not an eBirder but my birding buddy Pat is… > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Mar 7, 2026, at 8:37 PM, drhal2 Yocum <drhal2...> wrote: > >> I am not a birder, but my birding buddy Pat is , so they get >> reported. >> Several years back there was a Grad student from Uof Calif here in >> Central OK. Her research was centered around those hybrids that we >> reported. She collected data ( feather, blood among other details >> and good photos) from around 50 hummers in The Wichita Mts ( hybrids >> there too), around Chickasha as well as Mitch Park here in Edmond. >> There are several published studies on the subject and the BCHUis >> moving farther east and though usually separate at times do >> hybridize with RTHU. Here in Mitch Park they usually do not overlap >> their territory or breed , but at times they do. We try to get good >> photos of the hybrids when we see them. The obvious thing we see is >> what looks like a Rubythroated with slightly darker gorget and some >> violet in the lower margin. >> Hal Yocum >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Mar 7, 2026, at 7:53 PM, Jerry Davis <jwdavis...> >>> wrote: >> >>> >>> Thank you, such observations that you mention is why it should >>> not only be reported on the map data but to eBird that documents >>> such movements. If you are not a user of eBird have someone else >>> report these sightings. Take care Jerry On 2026-03-07 >>> ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerStart >>> >>> External Email >>> >>> ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerEnd >>> >>> Thank you, such observations that you mention is why it should not >>> only >>> be reported on the map data but to eBird that documents such >>> movements. >>> If you are not a user of eBird have someone else report these >>> sightings. >>> >>> Take care >>> >>> Jerry >>> >>> On 2026-03-07 7:10 pm, drhal2 Yocum wrote: >>>> I noticed that the maps don’t reflect the expanding range of >>> the >>>> Black chinned hummer. >>>> We noticed them here in Edmond ( Mitch Park about 8-10 years >>> ago. They >>>> are regulars now . In fact we have noted a few hybridizing with >>> the >>>> Ruby throated. >>>> Hal Yocum, Edmond >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>>> On Mar 7, 2026, at 6:44 PM, anne davis <aiwdavis73...> >>>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> 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@ cablelynx. com> >>>>> ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerStart >>>>> >>>>> External Email >>>>> >>>>> ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerEnd >>>>> 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 >>>>> ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerStart >>>>> >>>>> External Email >>>>> >>>>> ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerEnd >>>>> >>>>> 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 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 >>>>> >>>>> 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 >>>>> ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerStart >>>>> >>>>> External Email >>>>> >>>>> ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerEnd >>>>> >>>>> 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...> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> 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, >>>>> ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerStart >>>>> >>>>> External Email >>>>> >>>>> <!--[if !((ie)|(mso))]--> >>>>> >>>>> External Email >>>>> >>>>> <!--[endif]--> >>>>> ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerEnd >>>>> 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 [1] >>>>> >>>>> Jerry Wayne Davis >>>>> Hot Springs, AR >>>> >>>> >>>> Links: >>>> ------ >>>> [1] >>>> >>> >> > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.hummingbirdcentral.com/hummingbird-migration-spring-2026-map.htm__;!!GNU8KkXDZlD12Q!97HmjW4ncP3fz_a6Fn9lKlU-QMxzc5QUdgxqJVU79lTq5a1UuMaN4q1VzwGo9GlOh3RkygPNiWAbRx-_T0IfPA$
