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The 2026 
Hummingbird Spring 
Migration Update!

There hasn't been much movement since last week's data.

We continue to receive sightings in the South and the submissions seem to be coming in at a faster rate now.

 

Our visitors have been spotting them up the West Coast and up into North Carolina and Virginia on the East Coast!

 

So far, the migration sightings seem to be showing their usual progress for our beloved hummingbirds.

 

The migration for the Ruby-throated hummingbird usually starts in February and ends in late May in their northern most habitat of Canada.

 

In the Spring, the Ruby-throated hummingbird will leave Mexico and Central America, where they are concentrated and there is stiff competition for food.

 

Males will usually migrate first followed by the females about 10 to 14 days later.

 

Most of the Western Hummingbird Species including the Allen's,  Black-chinned, Broad-tailed, Calliope, Costa's and Rufous Hummingbirds also migrate in the Spring from their Winter grounds.

 

However, one western species, the Anna's Hummingbirds, will stay year-round along the western states and don't migrate in the Spring or Fall.

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Hummingbird Stories From Our Visitor Friends

Here's A Hummingbird Story From

Sheri in South Carolina:

 

I live in South Carolina, been here for 6 years. 

My hummingbirds are so spoiled that I try to make sure at night when they go to bed, the feeders are full. 

This year I was rear ended in a car accident the end of May 2017. 

My hummingbirds were here and used to being fed 2 times a day. 

I would go out and have a cigarette and they would know that their feeders were full or getting filled. 

But after that car accident I was unable to get around very good. 

I had a hard enough time letting my dogs out. 

I was very concerned about my hummingbirds. 

I had my daughter come over and feed them. 

I only use the single feeders. 

She has a baby so it was hard for her to come over and we put up the larger feeders that held more. 

Well one day I was on the screened-in porch and a female came in and just started squealing at me. 

It had been 1 1/2 months after accident and it was like she was telling me to hurry up get better because we want our little feeders back. 

She was just looking right at me a chewing me a new butt, chirping and staring right at me not scared at all. 

I went and got the little single feeders from the house and told my husband to help me hang them so I can reach them without any strain. Well he did and boy I had some happy birds. 

I have 12 single feeders. They won't eat out of the large one that is a multiple shared one. 

Its helped me heal with my depression and gets me out of bed early to watch them again and I make sure all are full and I may have to fill them 3 times a day but they come right up to me and drink out of them as I'm holding them. 

I also, before the accident, was working on making them a hummingbird bath. 

Well my husband finished that for me and every once in a while I see 1 or 2 enjoying it. 

I just wanted to let whomever reads this know that my hummingbirds chatter and yelled at me to get up and feed us like you used to. 

Ha ha so they do TALK. 

I love my babies and learned something on this page that dragon flies can kill a hummingbird. I love dragonflies, but not enough to have them around to hurt my hummers. 

I will watch for them and protect my babies at all costs.
Thank you for reading my entire story. 

My hands go numb and I have severe pain in my back and neck since the car accident so I had to do this over a period of hours. 

Hope you enjoyed my story. 

It was painful to type. :(
Sheri

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- "Planting Zone Map" to find your zone.

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Hummingbird Festivals 2026!

Hummingbird Festivals are held to celebrate the hummingbird. These events are family friendly. 

Many host speakers, banding events, exhibits, workshops, and guided tours of gardens or parks.

 

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