Hummingbirds, Migrating through? (1 Viewer)

Have you seen a hummingbird come accross your hummingbird feeder that is not normally in your state or area? How rare is that to happen? Does that mean they are migrating and passing through? I'm just curious if its possible and how often it happens. Thank you.

Abbygirl, we get a lot through here that don't stay. I am on a migratory route (Southern Arizona), so see a lot in Spring on the way north and Fall on their way south. Some stay through the Summer, like the Black-chinned, and others come and go. One of the pleasures of birding is the seasonal changes.

We get Rufous Hummingbirds in migration during late winter and spring and, more sparingly, during summer (southbound). We might get Allen's, too, but I know from banding projects in our area that 98%+ of the Selasphorus coming through here are Rufous. A few Calliopes get reported every year in the SoCal lowlands, but I've never seen one here (the Calliope in my avatar was in the San Bernardino Mountains, near Big Bear).