The Slice
Where Did the Hummingbirds Go?
9/15/2021 | 1m 17sVideo has Closed Captions
In this edition of The Slice, Laura Erickson, a local bird watcher...
In this edition of The Slice, Laura Erickson, a local bird watcher, explains where the Ruby-throated Hummingbird goes each fall, and how they get there.
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The Slice is a local public television program presented by PBS North
The Slice
Where Did the Hummingbirds Go?
9/15/2021 | 1m 17sVideo has Closed Captions
In this edition of The Slice, Laura Erickson, a local bird watcher, explains where the Ruby-throated Hummingbird goes each fall, and how they get there.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship- Right now, the hummingbirds are getting ready or have already started migrati.
So the main hummingbirds that rn around Labor Day weekend are yo.
There's only one species of humd that breeds in Minnesota and Win and that is the ruby-throated h. Those have a wonderfully intriguing migration pathway.
They all work their way south to the Gulf of Mexico.
Wherever along the coast they are, they pig out, and if they get enough muscle mass and body fat, they light out straight over the Gulf of Mexico to the Yucatan Peninsula.
It's a minimum of 500 and some .
Those hummingbirds that reach tf and haven't built up their muscs have to go the long way, all the way around the Gulf and that is a longer journey, but they don't have to fly all night over water.
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