Hummingbirds of New York

A beloved 52-acre urban oasis in the heart of Brooklyn, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden has cultivated one of the most diverse horticultural collections in New York City since 1910. The garden features over 12,000 plant varieties across themed gardens including the famous Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden, Cherry Esplanade, a Native Flora Garden, and the Discovery Garden — which contains a dedicated Hummingbird Garden with container plantings specifically targeting ruby-throated hummingbirds. Females are frequently spotted feeding during fall migration.

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Spanning 250 acres in the central Bronx, NYBG is one of the world's great living museums, comprising 28 specialty gardens, a 40-acre largely virgin old-growth forest, and a natural section of the Bronx River that feeds a waterfall, lakes, and wetlands. The landmarked Victorian Enid A. Haupt Conservatory anchors the grounds. With 229 documented bird species observed on site, the garden's combination of native plantings and freshwater habitat makes it an exceptional migratory stopover on the Atlantic Flyway. Ruby-throated Hummingbirds are confirmed nesting and breeding residents in summer, with additional migrants in late summer and fall.

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Encompassing over 4,300 acres of natural areas, gardens, and preserve lands on the Cornell University campus in Ithaca, Cornell Botanic Gardens is one of the largest university-affiliated botanical gardens in the country. The Mundy Wildflower Garden is a nationally recognized floodplain woodland showcase for native plants of the Cayuga Lake basin. The Botanic Buzzline — a 980-square-foot flowering pathway with 45+ native plant varieties — was specifically designed as a pollinator corridor. The gardens are managed with a strong native plant emphasis, making them exceptional Ruby-throated Hummingbird habitat throughout the breeding season.

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A 28-acre public garden and cultural center perched on a hillside in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, Wave Hill commands sweeping views of the Hudson River and Palisades. Known for exceptionally artful horticulture, Wave Hill's northeast corner of the Flower Garden is explicitly documented as a hotspot for ruby-throated hummingbirds, planted with deep-summer red flowers including cardinal flower and scarlet rosemallow. Wave Hill also offers fall programming on plants and habitat for migrating birds, timed precisely for peak hummingbird activity.

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