Date: 3/30/26 4:58 pm From: kuschmanfred via groups.io <makusch...> Subject: [centralvalleybirds] First Black-chinned hummer
The first Black-chinned Hummingbird, a male, showed up in my garden today. Very much on time. The first males typically return to my place during the very last days of March and the first week of April. Females arrive a week or so later. Rufous Humminbirds continue to pass through, two males and a female are present today. Anna’s are plentiful. More Barn swallows are checking in. The number of Hooded Orioles, both males and females, is also increasing. One male Bullock’s Oriole visited the jelly bowl 2 days ago. House Finches are exceptionally plentiful, having built or are in the process of building at least 7 nests on the beams of our front and back porches.
Manfred Kusch South bank of Putah Creek 3 miles west of Davis
