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Bird Sounds: Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Ruby-throated Hummingbird Calls

Catherine Boeckmann
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Listen to the sounds of the Ruby-throated Hummingbird. What may sound like a bee buzzing by is actually the hum of a tiny bird beating its wings about 53 times a second!

(Bird sound compliments of The Macaulay Library at The Cornell Lab of Ornithology.)

The Ruby-throated hummingbird migrates every spring the North America, traveling amazing distances from their winter homes in Central America and Mexico. They may travel as far north as eastern Canada. Wondering when the hummingbirds will arrive in your area? See this cool .

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These jewel-colored birds prefer to feed on red or orange flowers (though it’s not necessary to color the sugar water you put in a hummingbird feeder). See how to attract the ruby-throated hummingbird.

Have you heard a Ruby-throated Hummingbird? Add your comments below. Be sure to let us know where you live or where you’ve heard this bird sound before!

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Catherine Boeckmann

Catherine Boeckmann loves nature, stargazing, and gardening so it’s not surprising that she and The Old Farmer’s ÃÛÌÒÁµÈË found each other. She leads digital content for the ÃÛÌÒÁµÈË website, and is also a certified master gardener in the state of Indiana. Read More from Catherine Boeckmann
 

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Laura Lonza (not verified)

4 years 3 months ago

I live in Huntington Beach, CA. I have been watching hummingbirds for several years. Last week I was surprised when I saw 2 birds buzzing round and round each other. One landed on the tip of a bird of paradise leaf with his or her beak pointed upward. The other hummingbird flew back and forth then they touched beaks. This went on for a couple of hours. Simply loved watching them.

DORA VALENZUELA (not verified)

4 years 4 months ago

Hi Margie. I just read your comment on hummingbirds eating out of your hands. What a thrill! How did you manage that?

Margie Stickles (not verified)

4 years 5 months ago

I have them in my backyard here in the upstate New York. I have patiently waited for four weeks and finally one is eating from my hand!!! His name is Tiny Tim â¤ï¸

Robbin McKnight (not verified)

4 years 6 months ago

spotted may 4th connellsville pa

Roxanne (not verified)

4 years 6 months ago

We live in Lebanon, Illinois. We've had one hummingbird arrive so far. He's been around about 2 weeks now. We've had a very late spring, pretty chilly still compared to normal.

hardwired56 (not verified)

4 years 6 months ago

3 males have shown up so far. Last year, everyone was late in arriving. We didn't have a sighting until the last week of May. Then we had about 8 females and 4 males visiting our 8 feeders. We put them out the first week of April as that is the earliest we have ever had "passers thru" make a pit stop.

Lynn Coman (not verified)

4 years 6 months ago

I'm in Jacksonville, FL and the hummer feeders go out about March 10. Imagine my surprise when I looked up from the garden bed and saw a pair of Downey Woodpeckers hanging on the hummer feeder having a good drink! The male has been back for several days - I think he has a sweet tooth, er beak LOL

Louise DuBois (not verified)

5 years 3 months ago

I live in Lakewood, CA and hear them all day long. I have a feeder attached to my window with suction cups and it has a perch for them. There are 4 of them that fight for the feeder and they are very vocal about it! I have to fill it every other day. I love Hummersâ¤

I live in ZONE 6 Palmerton, Pennsylvania. I love my Humming birds that come back every year. Most of the hummers that are here, chatter. I have a Humming bird that sits in my 5 year old Locus Tree. He watches me as I talk and sing to him, while on my deck. He will sit there for 30 min. to an hour, looking and listening, stretching his wings and preening his feathers. The tree is pretty close to my deck. Some times I just open the door and he watches me from the tree while I'm in my house!!! I believe he is a young one. He looks black with a cream ring around his neck and has a light brown or tan breast. I love him and will miss him when he heads South, which will be about the second week in September.

Terri Shaffar (not verified)

5 years 5 months ago

Usually I put out at least 6 feeders spread throughout our back yard deck area, attracting swarms of hummingbirds. We live on Grand Lake of the Cherokees in NE Oklahoma where we've experienced heavy storms & flooding, & cooler temps this spring. We've only attracted 2 or 3 hummingbirds at a time, and a couple of oriels have shown up. What's happened to our Hummers? By now we should have at least 30 or more.