Hello tweeters, I'm new to the list and have gotten some great tips so far!
At LaPush (Second Beach) on 5/8 tufted puffins and hundreds of Pelagic
cormorants nesting on offshore sea-stacks, also 4 immature balds with 2
adults flying up and down the beach for several hours. On the trail down to
the beach a pair of orange crowned warblers and a ruffous hummingbird. The
hummingbird spent a lot of time flitting around on an unidentified (at least
I couldn't identify it) shrub - I assumed there were flowers, but when I
looked closely at the bush there were no flowers but the leaves had
thousands of tiny holes- probably made by some kind of little beetle(?). I
know that hummingbirds feed on insects as well as nectar but I can't
remember ever seeing one feeding on insects and didn't know how they fed on
them (while in flight? picked off of plants?) Does anyone know what kind
of insects our hummers prefer and where they like to find them?

Amy Shumann, Seattle
amy.shumann at metrokc.gov