While they’re only just starting to appear in the Hudson Valley and New York in general, hummingbirds will be throughout the state before you know it.
The small, colorful birds spend the winter months in Mexico and Central America and migrate to the states to breed between April and October, said Andrew Farnsworth, a visiting scientist at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and migration ecologist, in an email.
Here’s what to know.
How far north have hummingbirds been spotted so far this spring? See the map
According to Farnsworth, hummingbirds should be present throughout the entire state by around May 17…