I'm in Shoreline (just north of Seattle), and I have a nesting rufus female, at least five Anna's --three males (two males will share the fountain at the same time, but whatever the third males says to them causes them to chase him off) and two different females (can tell by number of irridencent gorget feathers--the presumed older one is banded). I saw three hummers this morning at the bird bath (0545), and the feeder(0615)--male and female Anna's and the female Rufus, so I know they are around, at least here.

Christine Southwick
N Seattle/Shoreline
clsouthwick at q.com

On Sun, 7 Jun 2009, JERRY D AND MARCENE D'ADDIO wrote:

> We haven't spotted Rufous Hummers at our Redmond feeder for several days, nor have we seen an Anna's. Sorry, SEVERAL is not quantitative data.
>
> Rufous Hummers were seen in the parking lot at Big Four Ice Caves on Friday June 5 afternoon. Also, seen were Black-Headed Grosbeak, Western Tanagers - 3 males acting very territorial, Yellow Warbler, Steller Jay and a Tree Swallow in a tree cavity.
>
> I did see a male Rufous at Marymoor Park, Redmond, WA on Saturday 6 around 11:30am.
> "Fitz-bew" heard, while staring at the hummer. My bird spotting/detecting skills need some work. I heard a bird singing in trees but could never get my eyes on it. The song had 4 distinct different phrases. I don't recall hearing that song before. The phrases were short. Two were sort of buzzy, then a trill, followed by a sharp tick.
>
> Marcy D'Addio
> Redmond, WA

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