Get your feeders ready, hummingbirds are back in Ohio after migrating thousands of miles from their winter habitats in Mexico and Central America.
Here’s where they have been spotted.
Hummingbirds spotted in Cincinnati, Columbus. Use this interactive map to track migration progress
According to the interactive migration map at Hummingbird Central , hummingbirds were first spotted in the Buckeye State on March 31 in Cincinnati. On April 9, another was seen in Grove City, southwest of Columbus. That’s as far north as they’ve come so far, according to the map. There have been other sightings in southern Ohio, and along the Ohio River in Kentucky and West Virginia.
For more than a decade, Hummingbird Central has tracked hummingbirds’ northward migration, relying on “citizen spotters” to report their first hummingbird sightings, according to Ken Freeman, a Hummingbird Central staff member. Those reports are then plotted on an interactive map that shows the date and location of the site, and any comments that spotters want to leave. Sightings are color-coded by hummingbird species…