Cascadia Hummingbird Report - 03/31/2003

There was a second report from Ketchikan, AK this week also earlier
than the average. There was also a report from Zigzag, OR at 1425ft
in the Oregon north Cascades. The warm weather of recent days should
signal the all clear for the eastward push.

And to answer the question: How many ways can we show they're early?
go to: http://home.pacifier.com/~neawanna/humm/freq.html
Be warned, there are graphs and statistics and other scary stuff....

Little Lobster Creek, OR 03-01-2003 60 43.3742 124.2253
Clearlake, CA 03-09-2003 68 38.9556 122.6417
Lake Leland, WA 03-11-2003 70 47.8907 122.8863
Langley, BC 03-19-2003 78 49.1000 122.6500
North Bend, WA 03-20-2003 79 47.4957 121.7887
Ucluelet, BC 03-21-2003 80 48.9333 125.5500
Kent, WA 03-21-2003 80 47.3943 122.2385
Pender Island, BC 03-25-2003 84 48.7806 123.2806
Gig Harbor, WA 03-25-2003 84 47.3289 122.5879
Zigzag, OR 03-28-2003 87 45.3642 122.0002
Ketchikan, AK (2) 03-29-2003 88 55.3525 131.6596
Burley, WA 03-29-2003 88 47.4101 122.6316
Friday Harbor, WA 03-30-2003 89 48.5369 123.0313

In flower news, the open sun Salmonberry (_Rubus spectabilis_) at
the Columbia River monitoring site is no more than a week away from
peaking. Closed canopy sites are at least 2 weeks away. Flowering
reports from British Columbia are mixed and very much depend on sun
aspect. There are no significant flower blooms in Alaska according
to reports from Ketchikan.

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