The first Ruby-throated Hummingbird of the 2025 season should arrive soon here in Aurora, Ontario. It will arrive at one of the two feeders (photo below) on the 3rd floor balcony of my close friend Pat Cromie, at the Delmanor Retirement Residence.
The 'Ruby-throated' is the only 'hummer' that breeds east of the Mississippi River. To reach their eastern nesting grounds each spring, many individual birds take a direct but hazardous route across the Gulf of Mexico, flying non-stop over more than 500 miles of open water.
Pictured above is Pat taking down last year's hummingbird feeders in September, in Aurora, Ontario. During last year, at the height of the season, 'hummers' showed up 60 to 70 times a day, staying anywhere from 15 seconds to 2 minutes per visit. The season last year was about 112 days. We can hardly wait for this years arrivals.
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BarrytheBirder
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