A quick-thinking reader captures a hummingbird in flight as it drinks from the splash of a backyard water fountain.

As this hummingbird’s wings sprint back and forth, a mystical, blurry movement is created, almost as if it's posing for the camera, and this is its best side.

Hummingbird Central offers the chance to track the migration path of hummingbirds across North America with the 2025 Hummingbird Spring Migration Map. The map is currently updated as of March 9, 2025.

Hummingbird Central uses citizen science to track the annual migration of hummingbirds, using user-reported sightings to map their progress. As of April 11, hummingbirds have made it as far north ...