News Update: March 27, 2008       Name ______________________ 

Rufous Hummingbird Map Questions
(Teachers: Map is hotlinked for larger projection on smartboard or screen.)
Look at the rufous hummingbird migration map and then at this map. Next, answer the questions below the map.

Map: The amount that temperatures are predicted to vary from normal the last week of March, 2008.

  • "0" = Normal average temperature from March 24 - 31.
  • Colors = Predicted number of degrees above or below normal temperature.

Write a sentence about this week's predicted temperatures along the rufous hummers' migration route:
How do you think this forecast might affect the rufous hummingbird migration? *

How might rufous hummers that push north have trouble meeting their basic needs?
* It is also forecast to be rainy during this period.


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