Audubon North Carolina: Hummingbirds Near Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Chapter details

Name: Audubon North Carolina

City or listed area: Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Address: 400 Silver Cedar Ct #240, Chapel Hill, NC 27514

Phone: (919) 929-3899

• https://nc.audubon.org

Hummingbirds near Chapel Hill

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

• Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
• Rufous Hummingbird

Approved reader sightings

The state migration guide gives typical arrival as Mid-March – early April and departure as Early October. Ruby-throated Hummingbirds arrive first, males ahead of females.

Readers in North Carolina have reported 11 approved sightings across the stored reporting dates. Most recently: Raleigh on October 24, 2026.

No matching city reports are stored for Chapel Hill. These are statewide reports, not nearest-by-distance results; chapter coordinates are not stored.

Raleigh, North Carolina: Ruby-throated Hummingbird, October 24, 2026.

City not supplied, North Carolina: Ruby-throated Hummingbird, October 15, 2026.

Fuquay Varina, North Carolina: Ruby-throated Hummingbird, October 13, 2026.

Bermuda Run, North Carolina: Ruby-throated Hummingbird, October 12, 2026.

Hickory, North Carolina: Ruby-throated Hummingbird, October 11, 2026.

• Migration map and sighting reports

Nearby Trail gardens

Chapter county and coordinates are not stored. These listings are in North Carolina; distance from Chapel Hill is not verified.

• North Carolina Arboretum — Asheville
• New Hanover County Arboretum — Wilmington
• North Carolina Zoo Hummingbird Garden — Asheboro
• Wing Haven Garden & Bird Sanctuary — Charlotte

Plants for this region

• Southeast plant guide

Other chapters in North Carolina

• Wake Audubon Society — Raleigh
• New Hope Audubon Society — Chapel Hill
• T. Gilbert Pearson Audubon Society — Greensboro
• Forsyth Audubon Society — Winston-Salem
• Mecklenburg Audubon Society — Charlotte

Help track hummingbirds

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

• Report a hummingbird sighting
• All chapters in North Carolina

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