Date: 4/18/24 4:52 pm From: Hugh Ranson via groups.io <zonetail1...> Subject: [sbcobirding] New Calliope, continuing Chestnut-sided
This afternoon there's a new male Calliope Hummingbird, this one at Elings Park--and yes, it's feeding on Pride of Madeira flowers. There are also Rufous, Allen's, and Anna's coming to the same patch. In past years, when Calliopes have shown up here, in my experience, they've often been in flowering bottlebrush. There is a lot of blooming bottlebrush around right now, but I'm not seeing as much hummer activity as I would expect.
Here's how to find this patch of Pride of Madeira: If you go in the main Elings entrance off Las Positas, right away there's a BMX track/course on your left. To the north of this is a frisbee golf course. The Pride of Madeira is next to frisbee basket #8. The flowers are full of insects, including more bumble bees than I've seen in one spot before.
This morning Mark Bright and I saw the continuing Chestnut-sided Warbler at Chase Palm Park.
