Date: 3/19/26 7:10 pm From: <arbour...> <arbour...> Subject: Red Slough Bird Survey - March 19
It was mostly clear & warm, and a little windy, on the survey today. 62 species were found. Migration is really starting to pick up. A number of new arrivals around today. Duck numbers are decreasing sharply. Had another flock of Sandhill Cranes migrating over today. A Horned Grebe on Lotus Lake was noteworthy as we rarely see these here. The first returning Common Gallinule of the year was seen today on Lotus Lake. Here is my list for today:
Date: 3/9/26 8:40 pm From: <arbour...> <arbour...> Subject: Red Slough Bird Survey - Mar. 9
It was overcast, mild, and windy, turning warm and partly cloudy in the late afternoon, on the bird survey today. 56 species were found. Highlights include the return of Anhingas and one White-eyed Vireo. Here is my list for today:
Date: 3/7/26 7:09 pm From: Jerry Davis <jwdavis...> Subject: Re: Hummingbird Central - Hummingbird Migration Map
Thank you. Looks like you have that covered and maybe need to tell the map makers they need a correction. Take care. Life is Better with Birds. Jerry On 2026-03-07 8: 45 pm, drhal2 Yocum wrote: > Correction- I am not an eBirder but my birdingZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerStart External Email ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerEnd
Thank you. Looks like you have that covered and maybe need to tell the map makers they need a correction. Take care. Life is Better with Birds.
Jerry
On 2026-03-07 8:45 pm, drhal2 Yocum wrote: > Correction- I am not an eBirder but my birding buddy Pat is… > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Mar 7, 2026, at 8:37 PM, drhal2 Yocum <drhal2...> wrote: > >> I am not a birder, but my birding buddy Pat is , so they get >> reported. >> Several years back there was a Grad student from Uof Calif here in >> Central OK. Her research was centered around those hybrids that we >> reported. She collected data ( feather, blood among other details >> and good photos) from around 50 hummers in The Wichita Mts ( hybrids >> there too), around Chickasha as well as Mitch Park here in Edmond. >> There are several published studies on the subject and the BCHUis >> moving farther east and though usually separate at times do >> hybridize with RTHU. Here in Mitch Park they usually do not overlap >> their territory or breed , but at times they do. We try to get good >> photos of the hybrids when we see them. The obvious thing we see is >> what looks like a Rubythroated with slightly darker gorget and some >> violet in the lower margin. >> Hal Yocum >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Mar 7, 2026, at 7:53 PM, Jerry Davis <jwdavis...> >>> wrote: >> >>> >>> Thank you, such observations that you mention is why it should >>> not only be reported on the map data but to eBird that documents >>> such movements. If you are not a user of eBird have someone else >>> report these sightings. Take care Jerry On 2026-03-07 >>> ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerStart >>> >>> External Email >>> >>> ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerEnd >>> >>> Thank you, such observations that you mention is why it should not >>> only >>> be reported on the map data but to eBird that documents such >>> movements. >>> If you are not a user of eBird have someone else report these >>> sightings. >>> >>> Take care >>> >>> Jerry >>> >>> On 2026-03-07 7:10 pm, drhal2 Yocum wrote: >>>> I noticed that the maps don’t reflect the expanding range of >>> the >>>> Black chinned hummer. >>>> We noticed them here in Edmond ( Mitch Park about 8-10 years >>> ago. They >>>> are regulars now . In fact we have noted a few hybridizing with >>> the >>>> Ruby throated. >>>> Hal Yocum, Edmond >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>>> On Mar 7, 2026, at 6:44 PM, anne davis <aiwdavis73...> >>>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Awesome, Jerry, we always have Black-chinned and Ruby-throated >>>>> Hummingbirds. Two feeders just far enough apart that they can >>> manage >>>>> to feed without too much territorial "fighting. " anne On >>> Sat, Mar >>>>> 7, 2026 at 1: 40 PM Jerry Davis <jwdavis@ cablelynx. com> >>>>> ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerStart >>>>> >>>>> External Email >>>>> >>>>> ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerEnd >>>>> Awesome, Jerry, we always have Black-chinned and Ruby-throated >>>>> Hummingbirds. Two feeders just far enough apart that they can >>> manage >>>>> to feed without too much territorial "fighting." >>>>> >>>>> anne >>>>> >>>>> On Sat, Mar 7, 2026 at 1:40 PM Jerry Davis >>> <jwdavis...> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Thanks Anne. I am not sure about your hummingbirds, but if I do >>> not >>>>> have the feeders out and in place when they arrive, they will >>> hover >>>>> at the window to get my attention that I have not done my job. >>> A few >>>>> years ago when I was visiting friends >>>>> ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerStart >>>>> >>>>> External Email >>>>> >>>>> ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerEnd >>>>> >>>>> Thanks Anne. >>>>> >>>>> I am not sure about your hummingbirds, but if I do not have the >>>>> feeders out and in place when they arrive, they will hover at >>> the >>>>> window to get my attention that I have not done my job. A few >>> years >>>>> ago when I was visiting friends in Sedona Arizona I was looking >>> out >>>>> their window and a Black-chinned hummingbird was hovering at a >>> fork >>>>> in the Juniper tree in their backyard. When I asked them about >>> it, >>>>> they said that is where we hung the hummingbird feeder last >>> year and >>>>> have not got it out yet. >>>>> >>>>> Remember whether it is Hummingbirds, Purple Martins, Chimney >>> Swifts, >>>>> or other birds they have an address and return. They can >>> migrate >>>>> thousands of miles and return to the same location. When Dr >>> Bednarz >>>>> from Arkansas State University was studying Thrushes in Idaho, >>>>> banded birds that had migrate 1,000 miles returned to the same >>> spot >>>>> each year. When I was watching Dawn and Ross Carrie in Texas >>> band >>>>> birds a White-eyed Vireo was caught in the mist net just 6 feet >>> from >>>>> where it was caught and banded the year before. >>>>> >>>>> Remember that birds have an address and if their habitat has >>> changed >>>>> and is no longer there, their survival and success in seeking >>> other >>>>> unoccupied habitat is reduced and this reduces their chance for >>>>> survival. >>>>> >>>>> Jerry Wayne Davis >>>>> Hot Springs. >>>>> >>>>> From: anne davis >>>>> Sent: Saturday, March 7, 2026 12:33 PM >>>>> To: <OKBIRDS...> >>>>> Subject: Re: [OKBIRDS] Hummingbird Central - Hummingbird >>> Migration >>>>> Map >>>>> >>>>> Many thanks for the Hummingbird info, Jerry. Looking forward to >>>>> their arrival and warmer temps! anne Norman OK On Mar 7, 2026, >>> at >>>>> 11: 36 AM, jwdavis@ cablelynx. com wrote: This >>> migration >>>>> map is one you can follow to provide insight when the >>> Ruby-throated >>>>> ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerStart >>>>> >>>>> External Email >>>>> >>>>> ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerEnd >>>>> >>>>> Many thanks for the Hummingbird info, Jerry. Looking forward to >>>>> their arrival and warmer temps! >>>>> >>>>> anne >>>>> Norman OK >>>>> >>>>> On Mar 7, 2026, at 11:36 AM, <jwdavis...> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> This migration map is one you can follow to provide insight >>> when the >>>>> Ruby-throated Hummingbirds and others might arrive. There are >>> other >>>>> sites. My hummingbirds usually arrive in Hot Springs on the 3rd >>> week >>>>> in March. They are already in Texas, >>>>> ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerStart >>>>> >>>>> External Email >>>>> >>>>> <!--[if !((ie)|(mso))]--> >>>>> >>>>> External Email >>>>> >>>>> <!--[endif]--> >>>>> ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerEnd >>>>> This migration map is one you can follow to provide insight >>> when the >>>>> Ruby-throated Hummingbirds and others might arrive. There are >>> other >>>>> sites. My hummingbirds usually arrive in Hot Springs on the 3rd >>> week >>>>> in March. They are already in Texas, Mississippi, and Florida >>> now. >>>>> Be thinking about getting your feeders clean and ready. >>>>> >>>>> 2026 hummingbird spring migration map, 2026 hummingbird >>> sightings, >>>>> hummingbird tracker, migration patterns, migration times [1] >>>>> >>>>> Jerry Wayne Davis >>>>> Hot Springs, AR >>>> >>>> >>>> Links: >>>> ------ >>>> [1] >>>> >>> >> > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.hummingbirdcentral.com/hummingbird-migration-spring-2026-map.htm__;!!GNU8KkXDZlD12Q!97HmjW4ncP3fz_a6Fn9lKlU-QMxzc5QUdgxqJVU79lTq5a1UuMaN4q1VzwGo9GlOh3RkygPNiWAbRx-_T0IfPA$
Correction- I am not an eBirder but my birding buddy Pat is…
Sent from my iPhone
> On Mar 7, 2026, at 8:37 PM, drhal2 Yocum <drhal2...> wrote:
>
> I am not a birder, but my birding buddy Pat is , so they get reported.
> Several years back there was a Grad student from Uof Calif here in Central OK. Her research was centered around those hybrids that we reported. She collected data ( feather, blood among other details and good photos) from around 50 hummers in The Wichita Mts ( hybrids there too), around Chickasha as well as Mitch Park here in Edmond. There are several published studies on the subject and the BCHUis moving farther east and though usually separate at times do hybridize with RTHU. Here in Mitch Park they usually do not overlap their territory or breed , but at times they do. We try to get good photos of the hybrids when we see them. The obvious thing we see is what looks like a Rubythroated with slightly darker gorget and some violet in the lower margin.
> Hal Yocum
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>>> On Mar 7, 2026, at 7:53 PM, Jerry Davis <jwdavis...> wrote:
>>>
>>
>> External Email
>> Thank you, such observations that you mention is why it should not only
>> be reported on the map data but to eBird that documents such movements.
>> If you are not a user of eBird have someone else report these sightings.
>>
>> Take care
>>
>> Jerry
>>
>>
>> On 2026-03-07 7:10 pm, drhal2 Yocum wrote:
>> > I noticed that the maps don’t reflect the expanding range of the
>> > Black chinned hummer.
>> > We noticed them here in Edmond ( Mitch Park about 8-10 years ago. They
>> > are regulars now . In fact we have noted a few hybridizing with the
>> > Ruby throated.
>> > Hal Yocum, Edmond
>> > Sent from my iPhone
>> >
>> >> On Mar 7, 2026, at 6:44 PM, anne davis <aiwdavis73...>
>> >> wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> Awesome, Jerry, we always have Black-chinned and Ruby-throated
>> >> Hummingbirds. Two feeders just far enough apart that they can manage
>> >> to feed without too much territorial "fighting. " anne On Sat, Mar
>> >> 7, 2026 at 1: 40 PM Jerry Davis <jwdavis@ cablelynx. com>
>> >> ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerStart
>> >>
>> >> External Email
>> >>
>> >> ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerEnd
>> >> Awesome, Jerry, we always have Black-chinned and Ruby-throated
>> >> Hummingbirds. Two feeders just far enough apart that they can manage
>> >> to feed without too much territorial "fighting."
>> >>
>> >> anne
>> >>
>> >> On Sat, Mar 7, 2026 at 1:40 PM Jerry Davis <jwdavis...>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Thanks Anne. I am not sure about your hummingbirds, but if I do not
>> >> have the feeders out and in place when they arrive, they will hover
>> >> at the window to get my attention that I have not done my job. A few
>> >> years ago when I was visiting friends
>> >> ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerStart
>> >>
>> >> External Email
>> >>
>> >> ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerEnd
>> >>
>> >> Thanks Anne.
>> >>
>> >> I am not sure about your hummingbirds, but if I do not have the
>> >> feeders out and in place when they arrive, they will hover at the
>> >> window to get my attention that I have not done my job. A few years
>> >> ago when I was visiting friends in Sedona Arizona I was looking out
>> >> their window and a Black-chinned hummingbird was hovering at a fork
>> >> in the Juniper tree in their backyard. When I asked them about it,
>> >> they said that is where we hung the hummingbird feeder last year and
>> >> have not got it out yet.
>> >>
>> >> Remember whether it is Hummingbirds, Purple Martins, Chimney Swifts,
>> >> or other birds they have an address and return. They can migrate
>> >> thousands of miles and return to the same location. When Dr Bednarz
>> >> from Arkansas State University was studying Thrushes in Idaho,
>> >> banded birds that had migrate 1,000 miles returned to the same spot
>> >> each year. When I was watching Dawn and Ross Carrie in Texas band
>> >> birds a White-eyed Vireo was caught in the mist net just 6 feet from
>> >> where it was caught and banded the year before.
>> >>
>> >> Remember that birds have an address and if their habitat has changed
>> >> and is no longer there, their survival and success in seeking other
>> >> unoccupied habitat is reduced and this reduces their chance for
>> >> survival.
>> >>
>> >> Jerry Wayne Davis
>> >> Hot Springs.
>> >>
>> >> From: anne davis
>> >> Sent: Saturday, March 7, 2026 12:33 PM
>> >> To: <OKBIRDS...>
>> >> Subject: Re: [OKBIRDS] Hummingbird Central - Hummingbird Migration
>> >> Map
>> >>
>> >> Many thanks for the Hummingbird info, Jerry. Looking forward to
>> >> their arrival and warmer temps! anne Norman OK On Mar 7, 2026, at
>> >> 11: 36 AM, jwdavis@ cablelynx. com wrote: This migration
>> >> map is one you can follow to provide insight when the Ruby-throated
>> >> ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerStart
>> >>
>> >> External Email
>> >>
>> >> ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerEnd
>> >>
>> >> Many thanks for the Hummingbird info, Jerry. Looking forward to
>> >> their arrival and warmer temps!
>> >>
>> >> anne
>> >> Norman OK
>> >>
>> >> On Mar 7, 2026, at 11:36 AM, <jwdavis...> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> This migration map is one you can follow to provide insight when the
>> >> Ruby-throated Hummingbirds and others might arrive. There are other
>> >> sites. My hummingbirds usually arrive in Hot Springs on the 3rd week
>> >> in March. They are already in Texas,
>> >> ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerStart
>> >>
>> >> External Email
>> >>
>> >> <!--[if !((ie)|(mso))]-->
>> >>
>> >> External Email
>> >>
>> >> <!--[endif]-->
>> >> ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerEnd
>> >> This migration map is one you can follow to provide insight when the
>> >> Ruby-throated Hummingbirds and others might arrive. There are other
>> >> sites. My hummingbirds usually arrive in Hot Springs on the 3rd week
>> >> in March. They are already in Texas, Mississippi, and Florida now.
>> >> Be thinking about getting your feeders clean and ready.
>> >>
>> >> 2026 hummingbird spring migration map, 2026 hummingbird sightings,
>> >> hummingbird tracker, migration patterns, migration times [1]
>> >>
>> >> Jerry Wayne Davis
>> >> Hot Springs, AR
>> >
>> >
>> > Links:
>> > ------
>> > [1]
>> > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.hummingbirdcentral.com/hummingbird-migration-spring-2026-map.htm__;!!GNU8KkXDZlD12Q!97HmjW4ncP3fz_a6Fn9lKlU-QMxzc5QUdgxqJVU79lTq5a1UuMaN4q1VzwGo9GlOh3RkygPNiWAbRx-_T0IfPA$
I am not a birder, but my birding buddy Pat is , so they get reported.
Several years back there was a Grad student from Uof Calif here in Central OK. Her research was centered around those hybrids that we reported. She collected data ( feather, blood among other details and good photos) from around 50 hummers in The Wichita Mts ( hybrids there too), around Chickasha as well as Mitch Park here in Edmond. There are several published studies on the subject and the BCHUis moving farther east and though usually separate at times do hybridize with RTHU. Here in Mitch Park they usually do not overlap their territory or breed , but at times they do. We try to get good photos of the hybrids when we see them. The obvious thing we see is what looks like a Rubythroated with slightly darker gorget and some violet in the lower margin.
Hal Yocum
Sent from my iPhone
> On Mar 7, 2026, at 7:53 PM, Jerry Davis <jwdavis...> wrote:
>
>
> External Email
> Thank you, such observations that you mention is why it should not only
> be reported on the map data but to eBird that documents such movements.
> If you are not a user of eBird have someone else report these sightings.
>
> Take care
>
> Jerry
>
>
> On 2026-03-07 7:10 pm, drhal2 Yocum wrote:
> > I noticed that the maps don’t reflect the expanding range of the
> > Black chinned hummer.
> > We noticed them here in Edmond ( Mitch Park about 8-10 years ago. They
> > are regulars now . In fact we have noted a few hybridizing with the
> > Ruby throated.
> > Hal Yocum, Edmond
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> >> On Mar 7, 2026, at 6:44 PM, anne davis <aiwdavis73...>
> >> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Awesome, Jerry, we always have Black-chinned and Ruby-throated
> >> Hummingbirds. Two feeders just far enough apart that they can manage
> >> to feed without too much territorial "fighting. " anne On Sat, Mar
> >> 7, 2026 at 1: 40 PM Jerry Davis <jwdavis@ cablelynx. com>
> >> ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerStart
> >>
> >> External Email
> >>
> >> ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerEnd
> >> Awesome, Jerry, we always have Black-chinned and Ruby-throated
> >> Hummingbirds. Two feeders just far enough apart that they can manage
> >> to feed without too much territorial "fighting."
> >>
> >> anne
> >>
> >> On Sat, Mar 7, 2026 at 1:40 PM Jerry Davis <jwdavis...>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> Thanks Anne. I am not sure about your hummingbirds, but if I do not
> >> have the feeders out and in place when they arrive, they will hover
> >> at the window to get my attention that I have not done my job. A few
> >> years ago when I was visiting friends
> >> ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerStart
> >>
> >> External Email
> >>
> >> ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerEnd
> >>
> >> Thanks Anne.
> >>
> >> I am not sure about your hummingbirds, but if I do not have the
> >> feeders out and in place when they arrive, they will hover at the
> >> window to get my attention that I have not done my job. A few years
> >> ago when I was visiting friends in Sedona Arizona I was looking out
> >> their window and a Black-chinned hummingbird was hovering at a fork
> >> in the Juniper tree in their backyard. When I asked them about it,
> >> they said that is where we hung the hummingbird feeder last year and
> >> have not got it out yet.
> >>
> >> Remember whether it is Hummingbirds, Purple Martins, Chimney Swifts,
> >> or other birds they have an address and return. They can migrate
> >> thousands of miles and return to the same location. When Dr Bednarz
> >> from Arkansas State University was studying Thrushes in Idaho,
> >> banded birds that had migrate 1,000 miles returned to the same spot
> >> each year. When I was watching Dawn and Ross Carrie in Texas band
> >> birds a White-eyed Vireo was caught in the mist net just 6 feet from
> >> where it was caught and banded the year before.
> >>
> >> Remember that birds have an address and if their habitat has changed
> >> and is no longer there, their survival and success in seeking other
> >> unoccupied habitat is reduced and this reduces their chance for
> >> survival.
> >>
> >> Jerry Wayne Davis
> >> Hot Springs.
> >>
> >> From: anne davis
> >> Sent: Saturday, March 7, 2026 12:33 PM
> >> To: <OKBIRDS...>
> >> Subject: Re: [OKBIRDS] Hummingbird Central - Hummingbird Migration
> >> Map
> >>
> >> Many thanks for the Hummingbird info, Jerry. Looking forward to
> >> their arrival and warmer temps! anne Norman OK On Mar 7, 2026, at
> >> 11: 36 AM, jwdavis@ cablelynx. com wrote: This migration
> >> map is one you can follow to provide insight when the Ruby-throated
> >> ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerStart
> >>
> >> External Email
> >>
> >> ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerEnd
> >>
> >> Many thanks for the Hummingbird info, Jerry. Looking forward to
> >> their arrival and warmer temps!
> >>
> >> anne
> >> Norman OK
> >>
> >> On Mar 7, 2026, at 11:36 AM, <jwdavis...> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> This migration map is one you can follow to provide insight when the
> >> Ruby-throated Hummingbirds and others might arrive. There are other
> >> sites. My hummingbirds usually arrive in Hot Springs on the 3rd week
> >> in March. They are already in Texas,
> >> ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerStart
> >>
> >> External Email
> >>
> >> <!--[if !((ie)|(mso))]-->
> >>
> >> External Email
> >>
> >> <!--[endif]-->
> >> ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerEnd
> >> This migration map is one you can follow to provide insight when the
> >> Ruby-throated Hummingbirds and others might arrive. There are other
> >> sites. My hummingbirds usually arrive in Hot Springs on the 3rd week
> >> in March. They are already in Texas, Mississippi, and Florida now.
> >> Be thinking about getting your feeders clean and ready.
> >>
> >> 2026 hummingbird spring migration map, 2026 hummingbird sightings,
> >> hummingbird tracker, migration patterns, migration times [1]
> >>
> >> Jerry Wayne Davis
> >> Hot Springs, AR
> >
> >
> > Links:
> > ------
> > [1]
> > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.hummingbirdcentral.com/hummingbird-migration-spring-2026-map.htm__;!!GNU8KkXDZlD12Q!97HmjW4ncP3fz_a6Fn9lKlU-QMxzc5QUdgxqJVU79lTq5a1UuMaN4q1VzwGo9GlOh3RkygPNiWAbRx-_T0IfPA$
Date: 3/7/26 5:53 pm From: Jerry Davis <jwdavis...> Subject: Re: Hummingbird Central - Hummingbird Migration Map
Thank you, such observations that you mention is why it should not only be reported on the map data but to eBird that documents such movements. If you are not a user of eBird have someone else report these sightings. Take care Jerry On 2026-03-07ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerStart External Email ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerEnd
Thank you, such observations that you mention is why it should not only be reported on the map data but to eBird that documents such movements. If you are not a user of eBird have someone else report these sightings.
Take care
Jerry
On 2026-03-07 7:10 pm, drhal2 Yocum wrote: > I noticed that the maps don’t reflect the expanding range of the > Black chinned hummer. > We noticed them here in Edmond ( Mitch Park about 8-10 years ago. They > are regulars now . In fact we have noted a few hybridizing with the > Ruby throated. > Hal Yocum, Edmond > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Mar 7, 2026, at 6:44 PM, anne davis <aiwdavis73...> >> wrote: > >> >> Awesome, Jerry, we always have Black-chinned and Ruby-throated >> Hummingbirds. Two feeders just far enough apart that they can manage >> to feed without too much territorial "fighting. " anne On Sat, Mar >> 7, 2026 at 1: 40 PM Jerry Davis <jwdavis@ cablelynx. com> >> ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerStart >> >> External Email >> >> ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerEnd >> Awesome, Jerry, we always have Black-chinned and Ruby-throated >> Hummingbirds. Two feeders just far enough apart that they can manage >> to feed without too much territorial "fighting." >> >> anne >> >> On Sat, Mar 7, 2026 at 1:40 PM Jerry Davis <jwdavis...> >> wrote: >> >> Thanks Anne. I am not sure about your hummingbirds, but if I do not >> have the feeders out and in place when they arrive, they will hover >> at the window to get my attention that I have not done my job. A few >> years ago when I was visiting friends >> ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerStart >> >> External Email >> >> ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerEnd >> >> Thanks Anne. >> >> I am not sure about your hummingbirds, but if I do not have the >> feeders out and in place when they arrive, they will hover at the >> window to get my attention that I have not done my job. A few years >> ago when I was visiting friends in Sedona Arizona I was looking out >> their window and a Black-chinned hummingbird was hovering at a fork >> in the Juniper tree in their backyard. When I asked them about it, >> they said that is where we hung the hummingbird feeder last year and >> have not got it out yet. >> >> Remember whether it is Hummingbirds, Purple Martins, Chimney Swifts, >> or other birds they have an address and return. They can migrate >> thousands of miles and return to the same location. When Dr Bednarz >> from Arkansas State University was studying Thrushes in Idaho, >> banded birds that had migrate 1,000 miles returned to the same spot >> each year. When I was watching Dawn and Ross Carrie in Texas band >> birds a White-eyed Vireo was caught in the mist net just 6 feet from >> where it was caught and banded the year before. >> >> Remember that birds have an address and if their habitat has changed >> and is no longer there, their survival and success in seeking other >> unoccupied habitat is reduced and this reduces their chance for >> survival. >> >> Jerry Wayne Davis >> Hot Springs. >> >> From: anne davis >> Sent: Saturday, March 7, 2026 12:33 PM >> To: <OKBIRDS...> >> Subject: Re: [OKBIRDS] Hummingbird Central - Hummingbird Migration >> Map >> >> Many thanks for the Hummingbird info, Jerry. Looking forward to >> their arrival and warmer temps! anne Norman OK On Mar 7, 2026, at >> 11: 36 AM, jwdavis@ cablelynx. com wrote: This migration >> map is one you can follow to provide insight when the Ruby-throated >> ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerStart >> >> External Email >> >> ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerEnd >> >> Many thanks for the Hummingbird info, Jerry. Looking forward to >> their arrival and warmer temps! >> >> anne >> Norman OK >> >> On Mar 7, 2026, at 11:36 AM, <jwdavis...> wrote: >> >> >> This migration map is one you can follow to provide insight when the >> Ruby-throated Hummingbirds and others might arrive. There are other >> sites. My hummingbirds usually arrive in Hot Springs on the 3rd week >> in March. They are already in Texas, >> ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerStart >> >> External Email >> >> <!--[if !((ie)|(mso))]--> >> >> External Email >> >> <!--[endif]--> >> ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerEnd >> This migration map is one you can follow to provide insight when the >> Ruby-throated Hummingbirds and others might arrive. There are other >> sites. My hummingbirds usually arrive in Hot Springs on the 3rd week >> in March. They are already in Texas, Mississippi, and Florida now. >> Be thinking about getting your feeders clean and ready. >> >> 2026 hummingbird spring migration map, 2026 hummingbird sightings, >> hummingbird tracker, migration patterns, migration times [1] >> >> Jerry Wayne Davis >> Hot Springs, AR > > > Links: > ------ > [1] > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.hummingbirdcentral.com/hummingbird-migration-spring-2026-map.htm__;!!GNU8KkXDZlD12Q!97HmjW4ncP3fz_a6Fn9lKlU-QMxzc5QUdgxqJVU79lTq5a1UuMaN4q1VzwGo9GlOh3RkygPNiWAbRx-_T0IfPA$
Date: 3/7/26 4:44 pm From: anne davis <aiwdavis73...> Subject: Re: Hummingbird Central - Hummingbird Migration Map
Awesome, Jerry, we always have Black-chinned and Ruby-throated
Hummingbirds. Two feeders just far enough apart that they can manage to
feed without too much territorial "fighting."
anne
On Sat, Mar 7, 2026 at 1:40 PM Jerry Davis <jwdavis...> wrote:
> Thanks Anne. I am not sure about your hummingbirds, but if I do not have
> the feeders out and in place when they arrive, they will hover at the
> window to get my attention that I have not done my job. A few years ago
> when I was visiting friends
> ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerStart
> External Email
>
> ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerEnd
> Thanks Anne.
>
> I am not sure about your hummingbirds, but if I do not have the feeders
> out and in place when they arrive, they will hover at the window to get my
> attention that I have not done my job. A few years ago when I was visiting
> friends in Sedona Arizona I was looking out their window and a
> Black-chinned hummingbird was hovering at a fork in the Juniper tree in
> their backyard. When I asked them about it, they said that is where we hung
> the hummingbird feeder last year and have not got it out yet.
>
> Remember whether it is Hummingbirds, Purple Martins, Chimney Swifts, or
> other birds they have an address and return. They can migrate thousands of
> miles and return to the same location. When Dr Bednarz from Arkansas State
> University was studying Thrushes in Idaho, banded birds that had migrate
> 1,000 miles returned to the same spot each year. When I was watching Dawn
> and Ross Carrie in Texas band birds a White-eyed Vireo was caught in the
> mist net just 6 feet from where it was caught and banded the year before.
>
> Remember that birds have an address and if their habitat has changed and
> is no longer there, their survival and success in seeking other unoccupied
> habitat is reduced and this reduces their chance for survival.
>
> Jerry Wayne Davis
> Hot Springs.
>
> *From:* anne davis
> *Sent:* Saturday, March 7, 2026 12:33 PM
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> *Subject:* Re: [OKBIRDS] Hummingbird Central - Hummingbird Migration Map
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> Many thanks for the Hummingbird info, Jerry. Looking forward to their
> arrival and warmer temps! anne Norman OK On Mar 7, 2026, at 11: 36 AM,
> jwdavis@ cablelynx. com wrote: This migration map is one you can follow
> to provide insight when the Ruby-throated
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> arrival and warmer temps!
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> anne
> Norman OK
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> On Mar 7, 2026, at 11:36 AM, <jwdavis...> wrote:
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>
> This migration map is one you can follow to provide insight when the
> Ruby-throated Hummingbirds and others might arrive. There are other sites.
> My hummingbirds usually arrive in Hot Springs on the 3rd week in March.
> They are already in Texas,
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> Ruby-throated Hummingbirds and others might arrive. There are other sites.
> My hummingbirds usually arrive in Hot Springs on the 3rd week in March.
> They are already in Texas, Mississippi, and Florida now. Be thinking about
> getting your feeders clean and ready.
>
> 2026 hummingbird spring migration map, 2026 hummingbird sightings,
> hummingbird tracker, migration patterns, migration times
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> Hot Springs, AR
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Date: 3/7/26 10:56 am From: Jerry Davis <jwdavis...> Subject: Re: Hummingbird Central - Hummingbird Migration Map
Thanks Anne.
I am not sure about your hummingbirds, but if I do not have the feeders out and in place when they arrive, they will hover at the window to get my attention that I have not done my job. A few years ago when I was visiting friends in Sedona Arizona I was looking out their window and a Black-chinned hummingbird was hovering at a fork in the Juniper tree in their backyard. When I asked them about it, they said that is where we hung the hummingbird feeder last year and have not got it out yet.
Remember whether it is Hummingbirds, Purple Martins, Chimney Swifts, or other birds they have an address and return. They can migrate thousands of miles and return to the same location. When Dr Bednarz from Arkansas State University was studying Thrushes in Idaho, banded birds that had migrate 1,000 miles returned to the same spot each year. When I was watching Dawn and Ross Carrie in Texas band birds a White-eyed Vireo was caught in the mist net just 6 feet from where it was caught and banded the year before.
Remember that birds have an address and if their habitat has changed and is no longer there, their survival and success in seeking other unoccupied habitat is reduced and this reduces their chance for survival.
Jerry Wayne Davis
Hot Springs.
From: anne davis
Sent: Saturday, March 7, 2026 12:33 PM
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Many thanks for the Hummingbird info, Jerry. Looking forward to their arrival and warmer temps! anne Norman OK On Mar 7, 2026, at 11: 36 AM, jwdavis@ cablelynx. com wrote: This migration map is one you can follow to provide insight when the Ruby-throated
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This migration map is one you can follow to provide insight when the Ruby-throated Hummingbirds and others might arrive. There are other sites. My hummingbirds usually arrive in Hot Springs on the 3rd week in March. They are already in Texas,
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Date: 3/2/26 8:28 pm From: <arbour...> <arbour...> Subject: Red Slough Bird Survey - March 2
It was overcast and mild with a light wind, turning partly cloudy in the afternoon, on the bird survey today. 53 species were found. Highlight of the day was a large flock of Sandhill Cranes migrating over and being very vocal. They circled Red Slough for a few minutes than drifted off to the southwest. I think they were looking for a place to roost for the night. Spring is really advancing. Redbuds are blooming now. Here is my list for today:
The Date Guide divides Oklahoma into 7 geographic regions, and lists the normal dates of occurrence for each Oklahoma bird species within each region. Observers are urged to report unusual species, or birds out of date or out of normal range in Oklahoma, based on the information given in this publication.
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It was mostly overcast and mild with a light wind on the survey yesterday. 50 species were found. Best highlight was a flock of 78 Sandhill Cranes on the ground in unit 44 right next to the middle parking lot. We rarely see these at Red Slough, especially on the ground. FOS Purple Martin was nice also. Lots of hardwood trees (elms, maples, plums, etc.) blooming now and willows are putting out leaves. Frogs singing everywhere. Spring is here! Here is my list for yesterday:
Date: 2/19/26 11:04 am From: Bryan Reynolds <nature_photo_man...> Subject: Re: Red Breasted Nuthatch
Besides the ones you mentioned, I've also seen Brown Creepers, Yellow-rumped Warblers, Downy Woodpeckers, and White-breasted Nuthatches at the sapwells.
This is a male that makes occasional visits to the feeder. Today he is on the maple tree working the holes the Sapsucker is making. He was within 3 feet of the sapsucker. Ive been surprised at the number of spp. that take advantage of the sapsucker
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This is a male that makes occasional visits to the feeder. Today he is on the maple tree working the holes the Sapsucker is making. He was within 3 feet of the sapsucker. Ive been surprised at the number of spp. that take advantage of the sapsucker holes including Pine warbler, Kinglet, Chickadee and Titmouse.
Bob Laval
Heavener
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Date: 2/19/26 10:42 am From: Bob LaVal <blnllaval...> Subject: Red Breasted Nuthatch
This is a male that makes occasional visits to the feeder. Today he is on the maple tree working the holes the Sapsucker is making. He was within 3 feet of the sapsucker. I’ve been surprised at the number of spp. that take advantage of the sapsuckerZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerStart External Email ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerEnd
This is a male that makes occasional visits to the feeder. Today he is on the maple tree working the holes the Sapsucker is making. He was within 3 feet of the sapsucker. I’ve been surprised at the number of spp. that take advantage of the sapsucker holes including Pine warbler, Kinglet, Chickadee and Titmouse. Bob Laval Heavener Sent from my iPad
The survey today started off overcast, cool, calm, and foggy, turning partly cloudy, mild, and windy by the afternoon. 51 species were found. "Goose" Pearson (OK) joined me for the afternoon portion of the survey. Best highlight today was the return of several Tree Swallows. Several species of Passerines were singing their Spring songs and trees were starting to bloom. Here is my list for today:
