We all know it has been a strange late winter/spring. We're seeing buds burst and lawns mowed weeks before normal.
For the past few weeks, I thought I saw a hummingbird (can't help but hear an Elmer Fudd accent while writing that!). Its pattern of flight tends to look more like a large insect than a small bird. I just kept chalking it up to my imagination.
Yesterday, I checked the 2012 Hummingbird Migration Map. Looks like hummingbirds have already made it to Canada. Canada!
So today, the feeder is out and I'm on the watch!
You've gotta check out these migration maps. The first one is just hummingbirds. The second is broader--frogs, butterflies, birds, etc.