Cascadia Hummingbird Report - 03/20/2005

Perhaps the most interesting report is a late one from San Quintin,
Baja, Mexico, our first from the south of the border. As already
reported at mid-week, we got two reports from Alaska both beating
previous records by at least 5 days. Reports from Vida and Zigzag
the Oregon Cascades suggest that we should start seeing reports
from the east side soon, particularly along the Columbia River. We'll
see if the change in the weather to more normal March conditions has
any effect.

San Quintin, Baja, MX 02-13-2005 43 30.4900 115.9000
Gold Hill, OR 03-03-2005 62 42.4346 123.0503
Qualicum Beach, BC 03-09-2005 68 49.3496 124.4339
Vida, OR 03-10-2005 69 44.1461 122.5686
Tsawwassen, BC 03-11-2005 70 48.4924 122.6294
Nanoose Bay, BC 03-11-2005 70 49.2667 124.2000
Forest Grove, OR 03-12-2005 71 45.5223 123.1044
Renton, WA (2) 03-13-2005 72 47.4819 122.1966
Santa Clara, OR 03-14-2005 63 44.1145 123.1319
Paradise, AZ 03-14-2005 73 31.9347 109.2183
Black Creek, BC 03-14-2005 73 49.8333 125.1333
Brush Prairie, WA 03-15-2005 74 45.7314 122.5514
Salem, OR 03-15-2005 74 44.0163 123.1079
Woodinville, WA 03-15-2005 74 47.7462 122.1119
Sitka, AK 03-15-2005 74 57.0531 135.3300
Zigzag, OR 03-16-2005 75 45.3442 121.9420
Ketchikan, AK 03-16-2005 75 55.3525 131.6596

In flower news, Red-flowering Current (Ribes sanguineum) and Black
Twinberry (Lonicera involucrata) are in full bloom now on the north
coast of Oregon. Salmonberry (Rubus spectabilis) is running a
week earlier than previous counts, but is still about 10 days from
peaking at the Warrenton transect. Blooming "wild" Blueberries
(Vaccinium sp.) were reported from Ketchikan.

I will be away from home for the next couple days, so I may also
be slow to respond to emails.

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

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

If you want to end war and stuff, you've got to sing loud
- Arlo Guthrie