A person who is familiar with all of the Washington State
hummingbirds called me to report a "large" female hummingbird was coming
to his feeder in Washougal. I spent several hours two evenings in a row
watching the feeder and only saw hordes of RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRDS and a
couple of ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRDS. When I spoke with the home owner as we
watched the feeder he described the bird as being at least a half again
as long as a female Anna's. Hopefully it will return so I can figure this
one out.
This evening I got a call about a bird that didn't get away,
someone reported that they saw a dead POORWILL on the roadway in
Vancouver. The caller said they would go right back out and pick it up,
bag and freeze it for positive identification.

Wilson Cady
N45 35.618' W122 13.738'
Washougal, WA
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