We’ve also had a male Anna’s doing its J-flights to impress a perched female last week here in King City (OR).
On Jan 21, 2025 at 15:11 -0800, Dennis Paulson via Tweeters <tweeters...>, wrote:
> Patti,
>
> Nesting has been reported as early as mid January in Seattle (Birds of the World online), and I would guess that there in Vancouver, it could be a bit earlier.
>
> Dennis Paulson
> Seattle
>
> > On Jan 21, 2025, at 3:06 PM, Patricia Brent via Tweeters <tweeters...> wrote:
> >
> > Late last week I started hearing the typical loud chirp sound made by male Anna’s hummers during their mating flights. Since then I have watched the males regularly zipping high into our bright sunny skies, then plummeting back down emitting that high pitch chirp.
> >
> > Here in Salmon Creek (Vancouver, WA), there are many Anna’s hummers in the apartment complex where I live. It was almost exactly a year ago that I rescued a male Anna’s in the brutal cold, icy weather. I sure hope we don’t have a repeat of that weather. As an old Northwest kid, I love these sunny days. My question is: What are the chances the hummingbirds will start nesting in January in Vancouver, WA?
> >
> > Happy birding,
> >
> > Patti Brent
> > _______________________________________________
> > Tweeters mailing list
> > <Tweeters...>
> > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters >
> _______________________________________________
> Tweeters mailing list
> <Tweeters...>
> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters
