HUMMINGBIRD MIGRATION! RUBY-THROATED Where do they go in the fall?

Do they have hummingbirds in Guatemala? Obviously they do. What kind of hummingbirds might you see there? We're going to attempt to partially answer that based on our experience of spending two months on Lake Atitlan, San Pedro La Laguna, Guatemala. Upon arrival in November, we began to see azure-crowned hummingbirds and a solitary green-breasted mango immediately. And even though these two birds would visit multiple times daily to the yard, we could not get them to visit our feeders at all. During this time, we were also treated to a male and female rivolized hummingbird daily in the yard. And again, sticking true to the theme, neither of them would visit our feeders. We were starting to wonder if we would get any hummingbirds to our feeders at all. About two weeks after we arrived, so did a solitary beautiful female ruby-throated hummingbird. Undoubtedly hungry from her migration, she started to visit the feeders immediately and was feeding enthusiastically. Two weeks went by like this where we saw the previously mentioned birds daily in the yard but not at the feeders, and only the female ruby-throated hummingbird. My hopes was that a female ruby-throated would teach the others what the feeders were and they could start to visit just mostly on observing what she was doing. Another couple weeks went by and yet still the only bird that was visiting our feeders was that solitary female ruby-throated. But finally, a couple of weeks after that, the azure-crowned finally watched her enough to where he figured out what the feeders were. That was an exciting day. And as a thank you for showing him what the feeders were, he decided he's going to chase her away for the next three days and not let her anywhere near them. Eventually the two came to a very tentative truce deal where they could both enjoy the feeders, although he would often still chase her away. Another treat that we would have into the yard frequently was a rufous saberwing. This is a trap line feeder and moves very rapidly, even for a hummingbird. And this bird preferred the passion fruit blossoms that grew on a vine on the fence, never coming to the feeders. A full month after we arrived at San Pedro La Laguna, Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, we were visited by our first and only male ruby-throated hummingbird. He ended up being a regular and stayed for the duration of our visit. My name is Aaron Miller. As mentioned before, all the proceeds from this channel will go towards first upgrading our camera equipment, and then second, if we get that far, purchasing land to conserve habitat for these amazing creatures, many of which are endangered around the world, and so land conservation is very important. You can help out in those areas if you like for free by pressing the like button, watching more of our videos, sharing it with your friends, maybe on your Facebook feed. One morning we walked up the nearby volcano mountain just behind the town of San Pedro La Laguna into more of a jungle, cloud forest type environment, and we were treated to other hummingbird species such as the sparkle-tailed hummingbird and the white-eared hummingbird. If you ever find yourself in Guatemala for a reasonable amount of time, let's say one month or more, you may want to consider packing your hummingbird feeders with you. It's a hummingbird-rich country, and if you drive just a short distance from where you are, it's diverse enough to where you'll see mountains or coast, and you'll have different hummingbird species to enjoy in most of these different areas. If you're interested in the hummingbird utopia of Ecuador, you'll find many videos like this one on the channel.