You’ve probably heard about geese, whales, and buffalo migrating due to extreme weather changes or to find food for their young. However, did you know that there is a tiny, five-inch traveler that ...

In case you were wondering, hummingbirds do not migrate on the backs of geese. Nor are these adorable little critters as sweet as the nectar they slurp so greedily on the 2,000-mile journey south ...

Do hummingbirds catch a ride on geese to help them migrate? No. Hummingbirds make that long exhausting trip all on their own. They generally don’t even flock together to make the trip. 2.

It also will be going solo. Unlike geese, ducks and other migrating birds, hummingbirds don't "flock together." Even the babies hatched this past spring are born with an internal map and know the way.

Notes from around Chicago outdoors. FIELD NOTES WILD OF THE WEEK “If you think catching a fish is hard, try taking a picture of a hummingbird in flight!” John Cuculich of Orland Park, who did ...