Hi Tweets,

I feel like such a bad human, I had a female Annas at my feeder this morning
after I had given up on it, I hadn't cleaned or filled it in two or more
weeks. It was the first visitor I've seen since the first day of winter last
December even though I've been cleaning and refilling religously ever since.
(Until recently) She visited every blossom twice and even tried the red
top. I immediatly set the water to boil and cleaned the feeder as best I
could, refilling it and setting it out as soon as it cooled. This afternoon
I felt somewhat vindicated when a (the same?) female came for multiple trips
about 4:15PM.

I guess the moral is don't give up, even when the little hummers don't show
up for months at a time.

Cliff Drake
Seattle
ardea at uswest.net