----- Original Message -----
From: Ruth Sullivan <godwit at worldnet.att.net>
To: <tweeters at u.wahington.edu>
Sent: Monday, January 01, 2001 7:18 PM
Subject: First Bird of the Year:


> Hello Tweeters,
> Our first bird of the year 2001we both saw this morning was one of our two
> Anna's Hummigbird's at 7.45 Am this morning before we left for
> Nisqualy.Basicly this is always the first bird to see on the feeder and
than
> perching and waite for the female.For a while there was chasing each other
> and are very territorial who get what feeder.One feeder in front the other
> in the back yard, and dare the other will wander in strange territory, one
> big chase begins.To the other day, this all changed for some reason.It was
> last Friday,i saw both female and male each on there feeders,that was at
> 8.00 Am,than both birds perched for one hour on the same place ,one in
front
> the male high in the tree in the back yard.Than all of sudden the male
went
> to the front approached the female flashing his solid red head,he was not
> realy chasing but rather try to make up with the female.Around 11..00Am i
> looked again and there was the two Hummingbirds sitting on the same perch
> side by side in the back yard with out chasing each other.When i watched
,i
> noticed that there troath was moving fast as if there both was heavy
> breathing.Not getting redy to breed more less getting aquainted and maybe
> going in to courtship.This two Anna's been here since the first of
November
> 1999
>
>
> Ruth Sullivan
> Tacoma Wa.
>
>