[illiac]

I think this whole thing is for the birds...

[TheRhinelander]

I’ve noticed it but it depends on the season that year. It’s not consistent.

[submarinerswife]

I live just north of Charleston, SC. I usually see them in late March-early April. I fill my feeders early so that I know that they have arrived.

They are fun to watch around the feeders. They use their beaks as fencing swords if they don’t feel like sharing the nectar from a particular feeder. They will feed and then fly to a high branch in a tree, wait for another one to come along then fly down and defend the feeder. A window feeder is essential.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

This is essentially anecdotal evidence. My bet is that there are lot more people logging observations than there were in the past, yet the old observations and the new observations are weighted the same.

[slowhandluke]

If the birds fly away from where it is too warm, fly past where it is just right, and end up where it is too cold to survive, then they deserve the Darwin award they are going to get.

Or maybe it is the scientists who deserve the dunce cap for speculating from too little information. The birds are adapting to variation in the pattern of seasons. Likely some always overshoot to try to be the first to grab the best spots for the summer.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Tempertures don’t have a dang thing to do with it. Hummingbirds are just like everyone else. They have to cut their vacations short due to running out of money. It’s the economy.

[gorush]

The Ruby Throated Hummingbird is common in my yard...

[JoeProBono]

[gundog]

Researchers say the early arrival could mean less food at nesting time for the tiny birds that feed on insect pests...

Yeah...cuz it doesn't get any warmer for the bugs. Asshats. We have species that winter over(Oregon Coast) and do just fine on insects in the winter. The hummers are starting to pick through the spider webs on the windows...nesting materials, and guess what...spiders and their prey.

[Red Boots]

I have observed and recorded the arrival and departure dates of hummingbirds in my yard for the past 13 years.

It's always almost to the day the same; April 22 in the Spring; leave Sept 22 in the fall.

[patriot08]

Google Phoebe Allen hummer live cam. This little sweetie has become famous all over the country. Has live cam on her nests.
Watch her lay hatch her eggs and raise her babies!