Bill,

Although Annas and Rufous are our common hummers every year at about this
time I get either Calliope and/or Black Chinned hummers for a day or two.
I'd bet this is likely a function of birds moving along the "wrong" side of
the Cascades and sticking close to the foothills. Keep your eye out and you
might be lucky and get a migrating visitor.

Rob

Rob Conway
Newcastle, WA

robin_birder at hotmail.com





>From: "Bill Herring" <redherring10 at comcast.net>
>To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
>Subject: [Tweeters] Caliope Hummers
>Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 16:15:25 -0800
>
>Hi Tweeters -
>
>
>
>I live in Maple Valley, and have been fortunate enough to attract Anna's
>hummers to my feeder over the winter. I started seeing Rufous hummers a
>month ago. This is the first time I have used the feeder year round, and
>have only had it out for the past year. Question: Do we get other species
>in this area, such as calliope hummingbirds? I appreciate any guidance
>here.
>
>
>
>Bill Herring
>
>Maple Valley
>
>Redherring10 at comcast.net
>
>
>
>Ps A nice recent photo of a common grackle (we believe) sent by my brother
>in Alexandria VA. He called it "Reflection" and even though he is no great
>fan of this species (he got a new lens for his camera), we both thought it
>amusing, if not particularly noteworthy.
>


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