Hello Barry.
It has been an unusual Winter and am ready for it to be finished.
But, there is hope. Did you see Ed's photo of the nesting Anna's in February? See his tweeter's post and photo link from earlier this evening.
Dan Reiff
----- Original Message -----
From: "Barry Ulman" <ubarry at qwest.net>
To: "Tweeters Bird Web" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Sunday, March 6, 2011 11:01:43 PM
Subject: [Tweeters] Anna's Nesting Success?

Hi Tweets,

I'm wondering if this year's unusually cold winter is going to have a negative effect on the reproductive success of Anna's Hummingbirds. I'm amazed that the adult hummers have survived our miserable weather; they show amazing resilience. But I would think that with the cold weather causing a major delay in the blooming of flowers and also a reduction of flying insects, the hummingbirds wouldn't get enough nourishment to support young birds in addition to themselves. Any opinions on this?

Barry Ulman
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