Subject: [Tweeters] Where do Rufous Hummingbirds still breed in Seattle?
Date: Fri Apr 17 10:13:37 PDT 2020
From: jstewart at olympus.net - jstewart at olympus.net

We have (Sequim, Olympic Peninsula) 2 pairs regularly. Nesting?

Wings,
Jan


Jan Stewart
922 E. Spruce Street
Sequim, WA 98382-3518
(360) 681-2827
jstewart at olympus.net

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Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Where do Rufous Hummingbirds still breed in Seattle?

re: Rufous breeding area
We usually have at least three females and two males here in Port Townsend,
lots of J Dives, guarding from tree tops and battles over our feeders.
Currently seeing one female and one male..

Dave Grainger Port Townsend, WA

birdsbydave.com

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On 2020-04-16 17:30, Dave Slager wrote:

> Tweeters,

>

> Where do Rufous Hummingbirds still nest in Seattle? Ed Newbold's below

> comments about Rufous Hummingbirds coincide with my own observations

> that this species is mostly absent as a breeding bird in our city

> parks. I know of current breeding activity at Discovery Park and at

> Llandover Woods in Broadview. Any evidence that they are holding

> breeding territories at other spots? For example, males holding

> conspicuous territorial perches, dive displays, or more direct

> evidence of breeding?

>

> I'd also be curious in hearing from old-timers with good memories or

> field notes on the last year you observed actual evidence of breeding

> activity at your local Seattle park.

>

> Dave Slager

> Seattle

>

>>> The changing patterns of Seattle avifauna were on display--When I

>>> got to Seattle Doug Wechsler told me to watch for Anna's Hummers in

>>> Disco, a few had been seen there. Now in a place like Discovery it's

>>> Rufous I'd be watching for and I'd assume that like the residential

>>> zone or Cheasty or anywhere in Seattle it's mostly

>>> all-Anna's-all-the-time, and I wouldn't believe anyone who argued

>>> that that wasn't a factor in the Rufous being hard to find. We have

>>> not been able to establish that they are present at Cheasty this

>>> year.

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