Southeast Alaska Discovery Center Hummingbird Guide
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No boiling, no dye. The same sugar hummingbird flowers make. One ingredient, nothing else. Makes up to 160 oz of fresh feeder nectar per bag.
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- No boiling, no dye
- The same sugar hummingbird flowers make
- One ingredient, nothing else: 100% pure cane sugar
- Lab tested. Resealable 2 lb bag, sourced and packed in the USA
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Overview
Each April, the Southeast Alaska Discovery Center in Ketchikan becomes the hub of the Alaska Hummingbird Festival — a month-long celebration of the Rufous Hummingbird's return to the northernmost hummingbird range in the world. Rufous Hummingbirds migrate up the Pacific Coast from their Mexican wintering grounds, arriving in Ketchikan and the greater Tongass National Forest in April to breed through the summer. Festival activities include guided bird walks, live banding demonstrations, a juried art show, and family education programs — all free to the public. The surrounding Tongass National Forest, the largest national forest in the United States, provides the ancient temperate rainforest backdrop that makes Alaska hummingbird encounters feel truly wild and extraordinary.
Hummingbirds to Watch For
- • Rufous
- • Anna's (rare
- • expanding)
Best Time to Visit
Plan your visit during April, May, June, July, August for the highest chance of hummingbird sightings. Early morning and late afternoon are typically the most active feeding times.
Plants and Habitat
- • Tongass National Forest temperate rainforest
- • red-flowering currant
- • columbine
- • salmonberry
- • Southeast Alaska coastal garden habitat
Nectar feeders are present at this location.
NectarBloom Tip
Annual Alaska Hummingbird Festival site; northernmost reliably accessible hummingbird destination in the U.S.; Tongass National Forest context.
Visitor Notes
Free; Discovery Center serves as hub for annual Alaska Hummingbird Festival (April); guided bird walks, banding stations, art shows, family activities during festival; open to public year-round
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