Ruby-throated Hummingbird,Archilochus colubris.
April 9 to October 25+. Common summer resident. Few arrive before mid-April and most have departed by
mid-September. A few individuals linger later in fall. Dr. Marguerite Baumgartner of near Jay, Oklahoma
(in the Oklahoma Ozarks approximately 15 miles west of Maysville, Arkansas) has banded this species since
1977. She has found that the males arrive ahead of the females. Young birds recently out of the nest begin
coming to feeders by around mid July. Most of the southward migration occurs between late August and early
September (personal communication, 1987; Baumgartner 1980).
Selasphorus species.
A single bird that was either a Rufuous Hummingbird or an Allen's Hummingbird visited a
feeder at Fayetteville regularly from August 26-30, 1987. This sighting was fully described
in documents on file with the Arkansas Bird Records Committee.
Belted Kingfisher,Ceryle alcyon.
Fairly common permanent resident. Nesting burrows have been found on several occasions
in dirt banks above or near the Buffalo and Illinois Rivers. During winter the birds
are widespread as long as open water feeding habitat remains unfrozen.