I know of only one place in the state where Anna's occur "in the wild,"
that's at the little county park upstream from Lyle on the Klickitat
River. Lots of Ceanothus sanguineus here (I think that's it) that may
remind them of home.

Gene Hunn.

On Mon, 13 Feb 1995, Jerry Tangren wrote:

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> >Hi tweeters,
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> >this week-end, I saw my first (I have been here in Vancouver for 4 months
> now)
> >Anna's Hummingbird in Musqueam Park (south-east of UBC). Nice guy with
> its
> >bright pink throat !
> >Of course, the guy was hovering close to a hummingbird feeder.
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> >I was wondering if this bird has always been resident in Washington and
> south
> >B.C. or if its presence is linked with the "abundance" of dedicated
> feeders.
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> >Cheers
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> >--
> >--------------------------------------------------
> >A bird in the bush is better than two in the hand.
>
> >Serge Le Huitouze School of Computing Science
> >email: serge at cs.sfu.ca Simon Fraser University
> >tel: (604) 291-5423 Burnaby, British Columbia
> >fax: (604) 291-3045 V5A 1S6 Canada
>
> I can't speak for the west side, but here in Wenatchee, east slope of the
> Cascades, Anna's Hummingbirds are directly linked to dedicated FEEDERS. It
> takes a real fanatic to bring one through sub-zero temperatures, but we have
> more than one family in our area that does it. It usually involves using
> three or more feeders (bottles, not people) constantly rotated throughout
> the day as the contents freeze and thaw. Anna's Hummingbirds have almost
> became a regular species for the Wenatchee Christmas Bird Count thanks to
> those dedicated enough.
>
> Jerry Tangren
> Washington State University
> Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center
> 1100 N. Western Ave.
> Wenatchee WA 98801
>
> E-mail: Jerry_Tangren at tfrec.ncw.net
> Phone: 509-663-8181 ext 231
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