![]() ![]() Since July/August is monsoon season, we check the weather and the current hours before we go.Ĭheck out our hummingbird blog or return home. A well maintained dirt road leads to the visitor center, which has friendly and knowledgable staff and regular hours. Sipe does not show up on Google maps as of this post, so look at the text in Arizona Game and Fish online brochure here to find it.Įntrance is free, though donations toward sugar water are appreciated. Entrance to the Sipe Wildlife Area visitor center Sipe White Mountain Wildlife Area is on the eastern edge of the state, near Eager and Alpine. Western hummingbirds migrate along the eastern side of Arizona in late July through August on their way down into Mexico. Sipe White Mountain Wildlife Area Sipe Wildlife Area visitor center Here were the male Rufous Hummingbirds, in the midst of the hummingbird migration. But no clear view of an adult male Rufous. We had seen many immature/female Rufous Hummingbirds and Anna’s Hummingbirds this summer in Washington, Oregon and California. I came up to Sipe White Mountain Wildlife Area looking for the Rufous Hummingbird. Male Rufous Hummingbird Male Rufous Hummingbird on feeder I saw a few Calliope Hummingbirds among the crowds at the feeders and even a skittish male Black-chinned Hummingbird on the periphery. The males were easy to see and easier to hear. Though you can see mostly Rufous in this video, Broad-tailed Hummingbirds were also abundant at the feeders, in the bushes and trees. They need a lot of fuel for this long flight, and they are willing to challenge each other to get it. The Rufous Hummingbird migrates from Mexico to northern parts of the U.S., including Alaska, and into Canada, then back. ![]() Video of hummingbird swarm during migration There were many more hummingbird feeders and many, many more birds at Sipe this late July 2014. Hummingbird Central tracks hummingbird migration between January and May every year, with an interactive map tool to show viewer submitted sightings throughout the spring as the little birds make. then the numbers pick up as the bulk of the migration moves through. Here’s a swarm of mostly Rufous Hummingbirds at Sipe White Mountain Wildlife Area near Eager, Arizona. A: Hummingbirds begin migrating to and through Arkansas usually in late March and. This post shows the southward migration, back toward Mexico and Central America. The hummingbird migration through the western United States takes place each year. ![]()
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