Date: 03/27/2006

Number: 1

It doesn't happen every year, but every once in awhile during the spring migration right around dusk we get visited a mob of hummingbirds.

We had our first genuinely spring-like day today which may have had something to do with it, just short of 65F.

I counted at least 8 male RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRDS, 1 female Rufous (my first of the year) and an SY male ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD, dogfighting around the feeders.

Michelle and I watched for about a half hour 'til it got too dark to see. They are remarkably tame during these mob events, close enough to reach out an grab. Hopefully, we'll get a couple days of this behavior and I can get some snaps with the new camera.

Astoria, OR

Latitude: 46.1 Longitude: -123.7

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