Cascadia Hummingbird Report - 04/03/2001

A RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD was reported from Ketchikan AK on 04/01.
This is about 5 days ahead of predicted arrival. Rufous
Hummingbirds were also reported from Squamish and Abbottford, BC.
A bird reported from Husum, WA was the east most report this week.

RUHU(males)
Husum, WA 03-22-2001 82 45.80 121.49
Squamish, BC 03-26-2001 85 49.70 123.16
Abbottsford, BC 03-27-2001 86 49.07 122.82
Ketchikan, AK 04-01-2001 91 55.35 131.66

3 males and 3 females were captured and banded at the Neawanna
Ecological Observatory on Sunday.

For many years people have told me that ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRDS stop
coming to their feeders when the RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRDS arrive and
chase them out. The male Anna's at my feeder has apparently not
heard about this tradition. He sits in the holly tree singing and
chipping and rigorously runs off all male Rufous Hummingbirds that
come near.

For all the Cascadia Hummingbird news and for information on how to
participate in data collection go to:

http://home.pacifier.com/~neawanna/humm/count.html

--
Mike Patterson Alas, to wear the mantle of Galileo,
Astoria, OR it is not enough to be persecuted
celata at pacifier.com by an unkind establishment,
you must also be right.
---Robert Park
http://www.pacifier.com/~mpatters/bird/bird.html