Not currently (no pun intended....well maybe a little), but we used to
have one and the hummingbirds were always there in the early spring doing
their dives. It was my introduction to that particular behavior.

Roger Olstad
Univ. of Washington, Seattle

On Fri, 14 Apr 1995, David B. Wright wrote:

> There is a large, reddish-flowered shrub just north of the barns at
> Nisqually that seems to be crawling with Rufous Hummingbirds this time of
> year. We keyed it out this past weekend and IDed it as a Reddish Currant
> (Ribes sanguineus). In Bent's account of Rufous hummer he cites someone from
> western Washington to the effect that these hummers seem to time their
> arrival to coincide with flowering of this native currant, and that male
> hummers often base their territories around it.
>
> Do any Seattle/suburban tweeters have a Reddish Currant in their yard,
> and if so, do Rufous hummers flock to it?
>
> David Wright
> dwright at u.washington.edu
>
>