Cascadia Hummingbird Report - Mar 22, 2004

Another busy week......

Reports are beginning to come in from the foothills of the Cascades
and birds continue to move northward as well.

Nahcotta, WA 03/07/2004 66 46.5167 124.0625
Stump Canyon, AZ 03/08/2004 67 31.4044 110.2325
Anacortes, WA 03/10/2004 69 48.4924 122.6294
Olympia, WA 03/11/2004 70 48.0558 122.6869
Sheridan, OR 03/11/2004 70 44.0022 123.0794
Svensen, OR 03/11/2004 70 46.1708 123.6581
Seabeck, WA 03/13/2004 72 47.6397 122.8272
Hereford, AZ 03/14/2004 73 31.4383 110.0972
McCloud, CA 03/15/2004 74 41.2548 122.1352
Yuma, AZ 03/15/2004 74 32.6775 114.6202
Hereford, AZ 03/16/2004 75 31.4383 110.0972
Sherwood, OR 03/16/2004 75 45.3599 122.8419
Maple Bay, BC 03/16/2004 75 48.8167 123.6167
Parksville, BC 03/16/2004 75 49.3167 124.3167
Index, WA 03/17/2004 76 47.8208 121.5539
Amboy, WA (2) 03/17/2004 76 45.9228 122.5354
Leaburg, OR 03/17/2004 76 44.8101 124.0583
Blue Lake, CA 03/17/2004 76 40.8803 123.9916
Catalina, AZ 03/17/2004 76 32.4769 110.9002
Sequim, WA (2) 03/17/2004 76 48.0503 122.9596
Chico, CA 03/17/2004 76 39.7538 121.8069
Gig Harbor, WA 03/17/2004 76 47.3289 122.5879
Miller Canyon, AZ 03/17/2004 76 31.4294 110.2361
Paradise, AZ 03/17/2004 76 31.9347 109.2183
near Ashford, WA 03/17/2004 76 46.7584 122.0496
S. Salem, OR 03/18/2004 77 44.8977 123.0437
Vashon Is, WA 03/18/2004 77 47.4165 122.4538
Richmond, BC 03/19/2004 78 49.1667 123.1167
Cherryville, OR 03/20/2004 79 45.3672 122.1539
Powell River, BC 03/20/2004 79 50.0023 124.7122
Zigzag, OR 03/20/2004 79 45.3642 122.0002
Sudden Valley, WA 03/20/2004 79 48.7207 122.3563
Toledo, WA 03/20/2004 79 46.4405 122.8477
Miracle Beach, WA 03/21/2004 80 49.8500 125.1000
Coquitlam, BC 03/21/2004 80 46.6600 118.8610

Neal Maine and I did some close observations of a male and female
courting at the Neawanna Banding Station. Those observations are
available at: http://home.pacifier.com/~neawanna/humm/display20040320.html

In flower news, Salmonberries are in bloom everywhere, though the
peak won't be for another couple of weeks. Twinberry is just beginning
to show unopened flower head and will probably begin bloom next week.

For more information on tracking Rufous Hummingbirds see:
http://home.pacifier.com/~neawanna/humm/count.html

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

Half-a-bee, philosophically must ipso-facto half not-be.
But half the bee, has got to bee Vis-a-vis its entity...
d'you see?
But can a bee be said to be or not to be an entire bee
When half the bee is not a bee due to some ancient injury?
-Monty Python

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