Some have learned to use oil platforms way out in the Gulf as rest stops.
I have Anna’s hummingbirds that over winter, at the same latitude as Williston or Minot ND, though I am on the coast.
The Pacific Ocean does have a tempering effect on the weather.
I find it interesting that your hummers migrate.
“I have hummingbirds feeding daily about three feet from where I’m sitting”
I’m so jealous!
We used to keep sunflowers in the garden and often saw hummingbirds.
Now, no sunflowers and hummingbirds are a rare sight.
Guessing they do not care for the beets?
I saved one this morning from a spider web flung up overnight near one of the feeders on the back porch. The five outdoor cats were arrayed like vultures trying to figure out how to get it. It cried in a most terrible sound and until I put it on its back to remove the webs from its wings and tail. It buzzed off to the cherry tree. I was not able to untangle its little feet and not able to see just how bad they were. My eyes are not good for that sort of thing anymore. It did not fall from the tree so I suppose it was OK and preening I hope. The need all the help they can get for their great and unbelievable journey.