This Update Includes:

• News: Breeding Behavior
• Explore: Eggs to Fledglings
• Maps: Migration Status
• Annual Evaluation: Please Share Your Thoughts

• Valdez reports, "I saw my first male rufous hummingbird today. This is later than usual. We still have four feet of snow on the ground." Alaska 05/09/13
• Hummingbirds showed up earlier in Juneau and were treated to almost a foot of snow in late April. Numerous people reported hummingbirds at their snow-covered hummingbird feeders.

Rufous News
Rufous continue to move northward.

• From Mountain View, Alberta, "What a great mother's present! Female rufous feeding at the feeder this am. 05/10/13
• From Boise, Idaho, "One male with two females were exhibiting mating behaviors." 05/10/13
  

Ruby-throat News
Across the northern reaches people have been ready and waiting for their first sightings. When they arrive, watch your males and maybe you'll be lucky enough to see their courtship behavior.

• "I've got one hummer for sure, orioles, too. Saw one doing it's crazy courting pattern! I'd get dizzy!" writes Karen in Afton, Minnesota. 05/08/13
• "Saw two hummingbirds tonight. They were on the feeder and chasing each other. A welcome sight!" Wheaton, Minnesota 05/13/13

What's Happening Next
Watch for northwesterly movement as the rubythroats migrate to the end of their trail. We hope to hear more news from rufous spotters in the far northern latitudes.

• Twenty-two Days in a Hummingbird Nest

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