Western NC's Hummingbirds Get Ready for the Journey South
By Marge | Published 2025-09-10T15:36:23.505+00:00
Lifestyle
WNC -- September 10, 2025: Along with the first hints of autumn's gold in Western North Carolina, another spectacular natural event is unfolding right in our backyards: the great fall migration of the Ruby-throated Hummingbird.
These iridescent jewels, weighing less than a penny, are embarking on an astonishing journey that will take them thousands of miles south to their wintering grounds.A September SpectacleIf you've noticed a sudden surge in activity around your hummingbird feeders or a flurry of tiny wings flitting among late-blooming flowers, you're witnessing the peak of this annual exodus. Throughout September, our local Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, the only breeding hummingbird species in the eastern U.S., are