{"id":184017,"date":"2025-08-29T06:10:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T06:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/184017\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T06:10:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T06:10:09","slug":"keep-feeders-filled-as-hummingbirds-begin-to-embark-on-southern-migration-experts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/184017\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep feeders filled as hummingbirds begin to embark on southern migration: experts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Close Icon\" class=\"styles-module_closeButtonSVG__Ea1L\" src=\"https:\/\/wlos.com\/resources\/defaults\/news_3.0\/icons\/ui\/sbg-close-black.svg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) \u2014 As summer fades in the mountains, hummingbirds begin their great journey south.<\/p>\n<p>The most common species of hummingbird in the eastern United States is the ruby-throated hummingbird.<\/p>\n<p>In Asheville, these birds are frequently spotted from late August into September, with some lingering into October.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wlos.com\/news\/local\/north-carolina-nc-wildlife-resources-commission-proactive-measures-protect-livestock-black-bears-season-diet-food-bearwise-practices\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/wlos.com\/news\/local\/north-carolina-nc-wildlife-resources-commission-proactive-measures-protect-livestock-black-bears-season-diet-food-bearwise-practices\" class=\"themeColorForLinks\" rel=\"noopener\">NC WILDLIFE OFFICIAL URGES PROACTIVE MEASURES TO PROTECT LIVESTOCK FROM BLACK BEARS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When migrating south to Central America for a warmer home, male hummingbirds typically leave first, followed by females, then the young.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/home\/\" class=\"themeColorForLinks\" rel=\"noopener\">Cornell Lab of Ornithology<\/a>, shorter days, not feeders, trigger their journey. Keeping feeders filled can help build the birds&#8217; fuel.<\/p>\n<p>It is recommended to leave your feeder up for about two weeks after you see your final bird, to feed any late migrators.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) \u2014 As summer fades in the mountains, hummingbirds begin their great journey south. The most&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":184018,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[37646,7828,103385,103384,12489,22299,103386,159,2541,67,132,68,837],"class_list":{"0":"post-184017","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-asheville","9":"tag-black-bears","10":"tag-feeders","11":"tag-hummingbirds","12":"tag-migration","13":"tag-october","14":"tag-ruby-throated","15":"tag-science","16":"tag-southern","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-wildlife"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115110571168915051","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}