Subject: [Tweeters] Where do Rufous Hummingbirds still breed in Seattle?
Date: Fri Apr 17 10:44:04 PDT 2020
From: dgrainger at birdsbydave.com - dgrainger at birdsbydave.com

Have not found a nest but have seen female take tufts of cotton from a
supply we hang in a tree. Did get photo of Anna's on nest last spring...
It is on my site, birdsbydave.com

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On 2020-04-17 10:13, jstewart at olympus.net wrote:

> 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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> dgrainger at birdsbydave.com

> Sent: Friday, April 17, 2020 9:33 AM

> To: Dave Slager <dave.slager at gmail.com>

> Cc: Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>

> 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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