Did you know that hummingbirds have eyelashes?  Click here for a fascinating photo essay which showcases up close and personal photos at a Ruby-throated Hummingbird's eyes, bill and plumage.



If you want more information on hummingbirds, including recipes for making your own sugar water for your feeders, here are some links to some excellent websites:

Texas Hummingbird Round-up
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has been running a Hummingbird Round-up for the last few years.  All you have to do is watch the hummingbirds visiting your feeders, make a note on the TPWD form and submit it at the end of each year. Through my participation, I learned that by maintaining my feeders in the winter, I would be rewarded with wintering Rufous and Black-chinned Hummingbirds, and I was also lucky to get a Buff-bellied visit for a few days during the 02-03 season!

For more information in how to participate, visit the TPWD website:
The most common hummingbird to be found in southeast Texas is the Ruby-throated Hummingbird. During the Spring migration season, from March through May, they pass through the area on their northbound journey. Then the southbound migrants begin to appear in mid-July with an increase in numbers in September, and the odd straggler through November.

During the winter months, we have several species of hummingbird wintering in Texas: Rufous and Black-chinned are the most common, but the rarer Allen's, Anna's, Calliope, Costa's, Broad-tailed and Buff-bellied are occasionally found, too. In fact, the first
Buff-bellied to ever visit my feeders was seen in Nov 02.

Occasionally much rarer species such as Broad-billed or even a Green-breasted Mango or Green Violet-ear appear in Texas. I live in the hope that I will see one of these special hummingbirds at my feeders one day.
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The most common hummingbird to be found in southeast Texas is the Ruby-throated Hummingbird. During the Spring migration season, from March through May, they pass through the area on their northbound journey. Then the southbound migrants begin to appear in mid-July with an increase in numbers in September, and the odd straggler through November.

During the winter months, we have several species of hummingbird wintering in Texas: Rufous and Black-chinned are the most common, but the rarer Allen's, Anna's, Calliope, Costa's, Broad-tailed and Buff-bellied are occasionally found, too. In fact, the first
Buff-bellied to ever visit my feeders was seen in Nov 02.

Occasionally much rarer species such as Broad-billed or even a Green-breasted Mango or Green Violet-ear appear in Texas. I live in the hope that I will see one of these special hummingbirds at my feeders one day.

This page was last updated on: October 2, 2006

A banded female Rufous Hummingbird photographed on August 7th, 2004. NOTE: the band on the right leg
Texas Hummingbird Round-up
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has been running a Hummingbird Round-up for the last few years.  All you have to do is watch the hummingbirds visiting your feeders, make a note on the TPWD form and submit it at the end of each year. Through my participation, I learned that by maintaining my feeders in the winter, I would be rewarded with wintering Rufous and Black-chinned Hummingbirds, and I was also lucky to get a Buff-bellied visit for a few days during the 02-03 season!

For more information in how to participate, visit the TPWD website:
female Rufous
© 2003 Helen Baines
An unbanded female Rufous which arrived on August 10th, 2003. She stayed for most of the winter season (typically Sept-March).
© 2002 Helen Baines
If you want more information on hummingbirds, including recipes for making your own sugar water for your feeders, here are some links to some excellent websites:




Did you know that hummingbirds have eyelashes?  Click here for a fascinating photo essay which showcases up close and personal photos at a Ruby-throated Hummingbird's eyes, bill and plumage.