Where do the hummingbirds go when it is very hot and dry in the summer?

Question

I live in AR. where we normally have hummers all summer, but it has been hot and dry all over the U.S. this year, so without many wild flowers and only some feeders, which can't be enough food, how far will they go north before they come back, will they survive to come back, as I am on one of the natural pathways for them to migrate south (I have had eighty or ninty birds at a time at my feeders as they return south), will they come back through this way when they return, will the majority of the wonderful things actually survive this years heat wave?

Answer 1

hummingbirds migrate with the flowers and insects they feed on.

so as flowers die here they move further south to where there are more flowers and then as the weather changes and more flowers pop back up here they come back.

Answer 2

They come to my feeder! They just stick it out along with all the other birds, catching insects, feeding on nectar, and resting in the shade sometimes. Some of the hummingbirds here in Ca. are year round residents, so they are kind of stuck here no matter what the weather is like.

Answer 3

Instinctively...To a shady spot like all the other smart little animals. Only humans with free will get out and bake in the sun.

Answer 4

They can rest in trees...but they don't rest for long...they are like little flying pigs. We live in sunny, hot, dry SoCal and they are constantly out and about, flying, eating, chirping, all around my home. Sometimes I watch them as they rest on my string of lights on my back patio. They look delicate but are actually pretty tough little creatures.

Answer 5

I live in Colorado and when it is hot and dry here (like now) they stay up higher in the mountains. I hear them come back on their way back to Mexico.

Answer 6

They cant bear the heat