David Tracy wrote:
>
> Don't leave out Eastern "Cascadia"! There's also the adult
> male Anna's here in Bend. He's been around since 2/18,
> acting territorial around our feeder. So far, he has made
> it through 3 snowfalls (2", 1", 6") which is more than we've
> had all winter in town. He's also endured a day and a half
> of 26F ice-fog and some COLD nights (<20F). For the past two
> years, we have been privlegded to be the first of the
> season to report an Anna's on the Eastside, where they would
> have to be considered rare to absent in winter.
>
> As Mike mentioned, now's the time to look for nesting
> Anna's. They have already started with the breeding season
> down in Northern California. Watch for breeding display
> dives and the "shuttle flight" maneuver performed for
> females. Often times people mistakenly think dive and
> shuttle displays are indicative of breeding, when actually
> the bird might just be agressively defending a territory
> (feeding or breeding). I've seen jays, house finches,
> siskins, people, etc. be the target of such displays.
>
> David Tracy
> dtracy at richardloschinc.com
> Bend, OR

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