Learn about hummingbirds at two events this month.

If you’re seeing hummingbirds buzzing the blooms in your yard, it’s a clear sign that it’s September in Louisiana.

It’s estimated that one hummingbird will visit feeders every 10 to 15 minutes preparing for migration.

The last two weeks of this month are peak fall migration for the ruby-throated hummingbird as they move through the state on the way to their wintering grounds in Mexico and Central America. The ruby-throated hummingbird is the only breeding hummingbird in the eastern United States.

Jane Patterson, president and education chair of the Baton Rouge Audubon Society, said, “Fall is where you will see the greatest number of hummingbirds, because the birds that flew here in the spring had their babies in the summer and they are all migrating back, so the population has grown exp