Welcome to The Ontario Hummingbird Project!
The goals of The Ontario Hummingbird Project are:
- Identifying migration routes and peak migration dates
- Documenting spring arrival and fall departure dates
- Defining the northern limits of the breeding range
- Locating concentration points
- Studying the nesting cycle
- Documenting rare species visiting Ontario
- Collecting information on nesting locations, popular estimates, reproduction rates and birds returning to the same locality each year
- Latest News and Events
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- March 28, 2012
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Earlier than normal sightings of hummingbirds are being reported in Ontario and surrounding U.S. states.
Researchers will be attempting to learn if this is the result of unusually warmer weather patterns this year,
or if there is another explanation. Photographs and detailed descriptions of any hummingbirds observed
in March would be very helpful to us.
The colder, more seasonal temperatures that have returned across Ontario this week will make it difficult for hummingbirds that have arrived early. We would appreciate reports of the types of flowers that hummingbirds are using to feed this month. - March 22, 2012
- First sighting for Ontario is in the Ottawa area. Migration is very early this year. For those in Southern Ontario, feeders should go out as soon as possible as more birds will be arriving quickly. For those in Northern Ontario, depending on the weather, sightings may start next week. Monitor the migration map to best judge when to put your feeder out.
- March 19, 2012
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Migration is in full swing and appears to be on track for early arrivals!
For those in Southern Ontario, please have your feeders out for the first week in April. For those in Northern Ontario, please put your feeders out in the middle of April. - Sightings for the 2012 season can now be submitted here. Maps from previous years can still be found in the Migration Map section of our website.
"Had I devoted myself to birds, their lives and plumage, I might have produced something worth doing."
- John Ruskin