We now have at least two hummingbirds gracing* the feeder at our house. Last week we confirmed the female Anna's, and today we noticed that the Anna's was very defensive - there was another female hummingbird present. If confirmed, this Black-chinned Hummingbird may be the latest record for the region. Hopefully we'll be able to get photos of the Black-chinned soon!
* by "gracing" we mean territorially defending...
Here's the Anna's:
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In the spirit of
too much information full disclosure, I'd been trying to get a photo of this Question Mark (a new yard butterfly) when the hummingbird showed up. I scooted back into the house to let her feed, so the photo above is through binoculars.
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Mmm, produce bag filled with aged bananas and soggy orange chunks...
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