WBRZ - Baton Rouge

With more frontal passages and cool weather, bird watchers will witness migrations. With duck season upon us, hunters will also have an eye to the sky. As noted in a previous column, bird watchers report that the ever popular Ruby Throated Hummingbird will leave our area this month with a few staying year-round. The website: hummingbirds.net reports that in addition to the Ruby Throated Hummingbird, twelve species of hummingbirds, from the Rufous and Black-chinned to the Broad-tailed, Broad-billed and Green-eared enjoy their stay in south Louisiana. The Ruby-throated hummingbird is the only species that breeds east of the Rockies and will journey to their wintering grounds in Central America. A previous edition of National Wildlife Week's, "Wildlife and Weather" suggests keeping your feeders in place for some stragglers.