Great Lakes HummerNet

The Great Lakes HummerNet is a research project, initiated in Autumn 2001, to learn more about hummingbirds in Michigan, Ohio, and northern Indiana using bird banding studies and by enlisting the help of volunteer observers throughout the region.

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The Great Lakes HummerNet is proud to be affiliated with Hummingbird Research Inc.


Project Objectives
(Click topics to view details)

• Arrival dates
• Departure dates
• Population estimates
• Migration timing, routes, and concentration points
• Nesting locations
• Nest site fidelity
• Preferred food plants
• Timing of reproductive cycle
• Documentation of other rare species
• Hummingbird Banding

Click Here for Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) 
[under development]

• Click here to view general information about the project, and how to report any late lingering or unusual hummingbirds
• Click here to view identification information about Ruby-throated and Rufous Hummingbirds
• Click here to view hummingbird feeding tips (first published in Bird Watcher's Digest in 2005 and written by Julie Zickefoose)
• Click here to view hummingbird gardening tips for Northern gardeners
• Click here to view a list of Michigan native plants popular with butterflies

Hummingbird Banding Reports
(Click links to view PDF files for each year)

2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021,

Great Lakes HummerNet 
Publications in the Ornithological Literature

Click the links below to view to PDF versions of each article.

Chartier, A.T. 1998. Twenty-two Years of Ruby-throated Hummingbird Migration at Holiday Beach Conservation Area, Ontario. Ontario Birds 16(3): 101-110.

Chartier, A.T. 2002. Rufous Hummingbirds in Michigan. Michigan Birds & Natural History 9(2): 79-88.

Chartier, A.T. 2004. How Tough is Tough? NetLines 10(1): 11.

Chartier, A.T. 2004. A Confirmed Rufous Hummingbird in Niagara Falls. The Prothonotary 70(12): 132-135.

Chartier, A.T. 2006. A Review of Rufous Hummingbird Records in Ontario. Ontario Birds 24(1): 23-38.

Chartier, A.T. 2008. Nesting proximity of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds in Michigan. Michigan Birds & Natural History 15(3): 93-96.

Chartier, A.T. 2013a. Additional Fall-Winter Temperature Tolerance Records of Rufous Hummingbirds. North American Bird Bander 38(1): 11-17.

Chartier, A.T. 2013b. Corrections to "Amazing Hummingbird Recapture" abstract. North American Bird Bander 38(1): 24.

Chartier, A.T., B.S. Keith, and R.S. Keith. 2021. Ruby-throated Hummingbird Movements in Southwestern Michigan. North American Bird Bander 46(1&2): 3-8.
[The original submission, with identical content but cleaner layout and color graphics, can be found here.]

Chartier, A.T. 2022. A Review of Rufous Hummingbird Records in Ohio. The Ohio Cardinal 45(1): 42-57.