Audubon Chapters and Hummingbirds in Maryland

Hummingbirds in Maryland

The existing state species guide lists Ruby-throated Hummingbird. Statewide occurrence is not a guarantee of a sighting in any particular city.

• Ruby-Throated Hummingbird

When to expect them

The state migration guide gives typical arrival as Early – mid April and departure as Late September. Peak arrival lands in mid-April across most of the region.

Readers in Maryland have reported 4 approved sightings across the stored reporting dates. Most recently: Baltimore on October 9, 2026.

Baltimore, Maryland: species not supplied, October 9, 2026.

Westover, Maryland: Ruby-throated Hummingbird, October 7, 2026.

City not supplied, Maryland: Ruby-throated Hummingbird, September 14, 2026.

Chestertown, Maryland: species not supplied, August 8, 2026.

• Migration map and sighting reports

Gardens to visit

• Catoctin Mountain Park — Thurmont
• Brookside Gardens & Nature Center — Wheaton
• Cylburn Arboretum — Baltimore
• Patuxent Research Refuge — Laurel

Plants for this region

• Northeast plant guide

All chapters

• Audubon Maryland-DC — Baltimore
• Audubon Naturalist Society — Chevy Chase
• Baltimore Bird Club — Baltimore
• Anne Arundel Bird Club — Annapolis
• Howard County Bird Club — Columbia
• Montgomery Bird Club — Rockville
• Patuxent Bird Club — Bowie
• Talbot Bird Club — Easton

Help track hummingbirds

Seen a hummingbird in Maryland? Share its location, species and date. Reports are reviewed before they appear on the map.

• Report a hummingbird sighting
• All chapters in Maryland

Independent directory

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