Date: 12/06/2009

Number: 1

With Friday and Saturday (December 4-5) overnight temps in low 30 and mid 20s (23 degrees), and not having seen "our green-backed Rufous in a few dayS, we took in all feeders over night and replaced one up closer to the house. We did not see one Saturday and were thinking that the Green-backed Rufous was headed south at last.
Saturday morning, fairly early, about 9:30 "our month-long visitor" (or one just like him) came in to drink and has been back 5-6 times, for up to 5 minutes at a time. It is now 11:45 am and he just left the feeder again.
It has been the same bird today each time because he appears to have a clump of yellow pollen, I presume, on the middle of his upper beak. I guess between the little flylike bugs I see and some still flowering plants in protected areas, AND one hummer feeder, he's thinkin' even with this cold snap it's better than being in Alaska right now.

San Antonio, TX

Latitude: 29.6 Longitude: -98.6

Observed by: Peggy
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