Thom Smith: Help us keep a (Nature)watch on arriving hummingbirds
â Michael W. This year, NatureWatch welcomes reports of the first sightings of ruby-throated hummingbirds with the number seen, date, location and your name. Please email Naturewatch41@gmail.com. In 1900, according to "Birds of Berkshire County, Mass.," Walter Faxon and Ralph Hoffmann (our local bird club is named after this gentleman) listed this birdâs earliest arrival as May 3. In 1999, the earliest was only one day earlier, according to "Birds of Berkshire County" by Bartlett Hendricks, who listed May 2 as being the earliest, and May 15 as being the average. The earliest a ruby...
Source: berkshireeagle.com