I often get requests for photos and so here is one I took a few days ago of a male Black-chinned hummer at a window feeder. We have iron security bars on the windows and there are only a few feeders that will fit on them. We put up little wire perches under the tubes so that the birds can sit and rest while fueling up their tank.
New sightings. We spotted some White-crowned Sparrows in the patio last Saturday. At first, there were just a bunch of birds scratching in the ground, then we noticed their distinctive "hop and scratch" action and their striped heads. We have had both Lesser and American Goldfinches visiting the thistle feeder. There is one American male who is in mid-molt and he looks so pitiful, but he is eating lots of seed to help his new feathers come in quicker. We noticed that more hummers have arrived now. I had to put out a couple more feeders to accommodate them. Today, I thought I saw a male Broadtail hummer at one of the window feeders but he zipped off when he saw me. I didn't see him again to verify. I have been hearing a different wing-sound buzzing around in the trees that would seem to indicate the Broadtail.
Stay tuned...
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