Cascadia Hummingbird Report - 04/14/2003

Rufous Hummingbirds made a big push into Alaska last week with
multiple reports in the Juneau area. The first two east of the
Cascades reports also came in this week, one from Winfield, BC
north of Kelowna and one from Peshastin, WA west of Wenatchee.
High numbers of Rufous Hummingbirds are still being reported
around feeders west of the Cascades and cooler than average
weather persists throughout the region.

Juneau, AK 04-08-2003 98 58.3019 134.4197
Sitka, AK 04-09-2003 99 57.0531 135.3300
Juneau, AK (2) 04-09-2003 99 58.3019 134.4197
Douglas, AK 04-09-2003 99 58.2820 134.4021
Gustavus, AK 04-09-2003 99 58.4133 135.7369
Winfield, BC 04-11-2003 101 50.0375 119.4000
Tee Harbor, AK 04-11-2003 101 58.4103 134.7558
Auke Bay, AK 04-11-2003 101 45.7811 122.5322
Peshastin, WA 04-13-2003 103 47.5248 120.6279

Calliope Hummingbirds made a good showing last week appearing at
several locations east of the Cascades.

Salmonberry blooms are peaking at Columbia River monitoring sites
and flower density may be better than average as well. This may
be a good year for Salmonberry Jam....

To follow along with the hummingbird migration for 2003 and report
hummingbird arrivals in your area, visit:
http://home.pacifier.com/~neawanna/humm/count.html

--
Mike Patterson
Astoria, OR
celata at pacifier.com

A child who becomes acquainted with the birds about him
hears every sound and puzzles out its meaning with a cleverness
that amazes those with ears who hear not.

-Neltje Blanchan

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