When Spring finally arrives, we always look forward to seeing certain animals. Swallows, Robins, Bears, ducks, and Hummingbirds are all eagerly awaited. I have seen them all now this Spring.
We have two kinds of hummers at our place: Rufus (above) and the smaller and green Calliope Hummingbird. I have seen both over the last week, but it wasn’t until yesterday that I was finally able to get a decent photo. (My camera kept focusing on the tree behind the feeder, making the hummingbirds out of focus).
I have had Hummingbirds return as early as the 17th of April, this year it was a week and a half later, but I had my feeder up since the 17th. In past years, when I have been late in hanging it out, I have seen Hummers flying around the spot where I usually hang the feeder, wondering where the sugar water was.
A guy in Dunster has tagged hummingbirds and found that some over-winter down in Texas. That’s a mighty long trip for these tiny birds to get up here to the Interior of BC.
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