Hi everyone

I have been watching about a dozen Anna's over the
winter here on the UW campus in Seattle. This morning
I saw my first female gathering spider webs for her
nest, so spring must be right around the corner.

Michael Dossett
Bothell, WA
Phainopepla at yahoo.com

--- Mike Patterson <celata at pacifier.com> wrote:
> Cascadia Hummingbird Report 02/04/2002
>
> The leading edge of the hummingbird migration may be
> upon us. Two
> reports of Selasphorus hummingbirds were posted last
> week from the
> south coast of Oregon. Neither reporter was able to
> confidently
> sort them as Allen's or Rufous Hummingbirds (though
> I suspect they were
> Allen's Hummingbirds, since females were reported).
>
> ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRDS are being regularly reported
> from throughout western
> Oregon and Washington, including some display
> behaviors.
>
> selasphorus sp
> Port Orford, OR 01-28-2002 42.74988 124.49554
> Brookings, OR 02-02-2002 42.05976 124.29079
>
> In flower news, the manzanita (Arctostaphylos
> columbiana) is blooming
> along the south coast of Oregon, as are ornamental
> plums (Prunus sp.).
> The willows (Salix sp.) are putting out catkins
> already in many places
> along the north coast of Oregon; south coast of
> Washington.
>
> To particiapte in the Rufous Hummingbird migration
> tracking project:
> http://home.pacifier.com/~neawanna/humm/count.html
>
> --
> Mike Patterson
> Astoria, OR
> celata at pacifier.com
>
> http://www.pacifier.com/~mpatters/bird/bird.html


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