Tweets,



I've been lurking on this thread from down here in Petaluma, CA. Perhaps
others have noted the same but in the 1990s and later I could regularly find
Anna's Hummingbirds apparently on territory in the Ceanothus brush at the
old Lyle/Klickitat River campground about a mile above the bridge at the
Columbia. I was struck by the fact that the Anna's there seemed to be
breeding in natural habitat quite reminiscent of their typical California
haunts. Maybe the east slope Anna's have moved up from the east end of the
Columbia Gorge.



Gene Hunn

Petaluma, CA



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[mailto:tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Jennifer
Jarstad
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2014 1:05 PM
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Subject: [Tweeters] Re: Range Expansion for Anna's Hummingbird



The past two years we have had an unusually warm spring and early onset of
summer. I am not sure how much this influences the movement of Anna's
hummingbirds as they are relatively hardy when it comes to cold weather, but
they do seem to be expanding into new territories every year. Some of them
now winter over in parts of Alaska. I think it's exciting to watch them
migrate into new areas and climates. I think time will tell how permanent
they become in these harsher climates, but I don't think it's premature to
mention given how often it is occurring.



Jennifer Jarstad

Seattle, WA

jennjarstad at gmail.com