{"id":117802,"date":"2025-08-29T06:04:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T06:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/117802\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T06:04:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T06:04:08","slug":"keep-feeders-filled-as-hummingbirds-begin-to-embark-on-southern-migration-experts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/117802\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep feeders filled as hummingbirds begin to embark on southern migration: experts"},"content":{"rendered":"

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ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) \u2014 As summer fades in the mountains, hummingbirds begin their great journey south.<\/p>\n

The most common species of hummingbird in the eastern United States is the ruby-throated hummingbird.<\/p>\n

In Asheville, these birds are frequently spotted from late August into September, with some lingering into October.<\/p>\n

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When migrating south to Central America for a warmer home, male hummingbirds typically leave first, followed by females, then the young.<\/p>\n

According to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology<\/a>, shorter days, not feeders, trigger their journey. Keeping feeders filled can help build the birds’ fuel.<\/p>\n

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…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":117803,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[17383,16405,76117,76116,10907,23476,76118,79,52747,201],"class_list":{"0":"post-117802","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-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117802\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}