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surfered

(14,296 posts) Mon Apr 6, 2026, 08:47 AM Apr 6

The humming bird spring migration has begun.

We put up our feeder here on the Gulf Coast of Texas and it attracted our first visitor.

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The humming bird spring migration has begun. (Original Post) surfered Apr 6 OP

It's early for me, but I put up a feeder, my friend in New Mexico has been seeing them. Walleye Apr 6 #1

First three showed up here in New Mexico Friday... Escape Apr 6 #2

Hummingbirds are so tiny I don't associate them jfz9580m Apr 6 #3

I'm no expert, but every fall the hummingbirds leave North America and migrate to Mexico and Central America surfered Apr 6 #4

Can't wait, they're a sign of spring and that I've made another year. The happiest day of the year for me. dem4decades Apr 6 #5

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Walleye

(45,479 posts)

1. It's early for me, but I put up a feeder, my friend in New Mexico has been seeing them.

Reply to surfered (Original post)

Mon Apr 6, 2026, 08:53 AM

Apr 6

Escape

(518 posts)

2. First three showed up here in New Mexico Friday...

Reply to surfered (Original post)

Mon Apr 6, 2026, 09:28 AM

Apr 6

They were disappointed that we hadn't put out the nectar yet. We are ready for them now.

jfz9580m

(17,910 posts)

3. Hummingbirds are so tiny I don't associate them

Reply to surfered (Original post)

Mon Apr 6, 2026, 09:29 AM

Apr 6

Them with migration offhand. I know very little about birds. I suppose it is just that bird migration typically evokes images of large flocks of birds flying across the sky.

surfered

(14,296 posts)

4. I'm no expert, but every fall the hummingbirds leave North America and migrate to Mexico and Central America

Reply to jfz9580m (Reply #3)

Mon Apr 6, 2026, 09:39 AM

Apr 6

In the spring, they return. We see more of them in the fall because in the spring, when they fly across the Gulf of Mexico, many won’t make it when they encounter north winds .

dem4decades

(14,383 posts)

5. Can't wait, they're a sign of spring and that I've made another year. The happiest day of the year for me.

Reply to surfered (Original post)

Mon Apr 6, 2026, 09:52 AM

Apr 6

https://www.hummingbirdcentral.com/hummingbird-migration-spring-2026-map.htm

AllaN01Bear

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Mon Apr 6, 2026, 12:27 PM

Apr 6

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