Cascadia Hummingbird Report - 03/17/2003

A female RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD was reported carrying nesting material
in Waldport, OR. Females have generally caught up with males now
and are being reported from most places where there are males.
Males continue to work their way northward to at least Half Moon
Bay, BC and eastward, Oakridge, OR at 2300ft elevation in the
Cascades.

Another COSTA'S HUMMINGBIRD was reported in Oregon, this one in
Merlin (at a site were they have been reported several years
running).

Langley, WA 02-27-2003 58 48.0371 122.4072
Milwaukie, OR (2) 03-01-2003 60 45.4464 122.6381
Marcola, OR 03-09-2003 68 44.1058 122.9310
Mt Pleasant, WA (2) 03-09-2003 68 45.5627 122.2680
Lake Oswego, OR 03-10-2003 69 45.4122 122.6981
Olalla, WA 03-10-2003 69 47.4226 122.5441
Eagle Creek, OR 03-10-2003 69 45.3577 122.3614
Creswell, OR 03-10-2003 69 43.9183 123.0193
Spurgeon Creek, WA 03-10-2003 69 47.0080 122.6886
Oakridge, OR 03-11-2003 70 43.7908 122.4280
Burlington, WA 03-11-2003 70 48.4692 122.3318
Woodinville, WA 03-11-2003 70 47.7462 122.1119
SW.Portland, OR (3) 03-11-2003 70 45.5160 122.6795
Lacey, WA 03-11-2003 70 47.0331 122.8058
Sheridan, OR 03-11-2003 70 45.0954 123.3951
Richmond, BC 03-12-2003 71 49.1667 123.1167
University Place, WA 03-13-2003 72 47.2167 122.5583
Yuba City, CA 03-13-2003 72 39.1355 121.6227
Tsawwassen, BC 03-13-2003 72 49.0167 123.0833
Preston, WA 03-14-2003 73 47.5208 121.9290
near Ashford, WA 03-14-2003 73 46.7584 122.0496
Port Angeles, WA 03-15-2003 74 48.1123 123.4399
Amboy, WA 03-15-2003 74 45.9228 122.5354
Ardmore, BC 03-15-2003 74 48.6350 123.4683
Gibsons, BC 03-16-2003 75 49.4000 123.5000
Half Moon Bay, BC 03-16-2003 75 49.5167 123.9167

The first blooms on Black Twinberry (_Lonicera involucrata_) were
showing at the Neawanna Banding Station, Seaside, OR. Salmonberry
(_Rubus spectabilis_)is more or less on schedule throughout the
region and most lowland Red-flowering Currant (_Ribes sangineum_)
is peaking.

Hopefully, the weather will cooperate and banding can begin in the
next week or so at the Neawanna Banding Station.

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

http://www.pacifier.com/~mpatters/bird/bird.html