We had a beautiful Rufous male at our feeder in Tokeland last Friday,
February 20th. I haven't noticed any salmonberry blossoms yet (haven't
really looked -- been too busy looking at all the pussywillows). However,
quite a bit of the Gorse is blooming.

I heard that a couple people in Grayland saw Rufous hummers about two weeks
ago, but I didn't see any myself until last Friday.

Cheers,

Andrea Grad
Shoreline/Tokeland
agrad at helsell.com


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----- Original Message -From: "Carolyn Eagan" eaganc at seanet.com
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 9:49 AM
Subject: [Tweeters] 1st Rufous

> Hi Tweets,
> We had our first Rufous Hummingbird at our feeder this morning. Last year
> one did not show up here until March 6th. "Here" is on Squamish Harbor,
> the very north part of Hood Canal. It is our 56th yard bird of the year.
>
> Carolyn E