It’s always bittersweet to say farewell but their return in the new year is a most welcome sign of spring. Unless we see hummingbirds every day in the garden, we may not notice they have left until many days or weeks of absence. This may be during August, September, October, or November, depending on location. ![]() When they go will depend on where you live and how far they have to go. ![]() Fall MigrationĪfter spending the summer mating season in northern areas, with winter looming, late summer and fall is the time for hummingbirds to make the long journey south once again. The hummingbird migration map here is handy for knowing arrival dates each year. It’s quite a feat for a tiny bird on its own. Plenty of hummingbirds may pass through our area and a few will stay and raise their young.Īnd, while we think of migrations as flocks, hummingbirds travel solo. Where we live in Ontario, Canada, the first spring arrivals appear in late April and early May. One day you think, I haven’t seen one in several days or more-and at some point realize they must have moved on. Unlike the spring migration where you start noticing hummingbirds in the garden, their departure in fall takes observations over time. Others make the journey north to spend the summer in various parts of the United States and Canada. Some hummingbirds in warmer climates never migrate for mating season. ![]() Hummingbirds are found in the Americas all the way to Alaska, through parts of Canada and the United States, to the southern tip of South America, and the Caribbean as well. With the change of the seasons, their primary food sources-bugs for protein and flower nectar for carbs-become scarce and that signals it’s time to head to warmer regions. It depends entirely on their summer location and how far they have to go. When do hummingbirds start making their journey south for the winter?
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