Birding/Hummingbirds

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Expert: - 9/7/2006


Question
I live in Kentucky and we feed about 20 hummingbirds.What a job keeping the feeders full but what an enjoyment.My qestion is....when will they be migrating south?

Answer
I'm sorry, but I am not familiarized with hummingbird migration in North America. The only thing I CAN tell you is that the species you are watching is very surely the ruby-throated hummingbird, which is the only hummer east of the Mississipi. I've read about birds waiting until November in lesser latitudes, but I do not know what the average for Kentucky is.

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Miguel Rodriguez

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Long time enthusiast of birding, specifically of the birds of the island of HISPANIOLA (Dominican Republic and Haiti) in the CARIBBEAN. Also, some knowledge of CARIBBEAN FAUNA IN GENERAL. I also have a limited knowledge of birds of Eastern North America. I am NOT A VETERINARIAN NOR A BIRD BREEDER so can not give any information regarding bird diet, nesting habits, chick raising, etc.

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Amateur ornithologist since 1992.

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Founding member of the Hispaniolan Ornithological Society.

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