[Tweeters] Anna's and Apples

[stan Kostka lynn Schmidt via Tweeters]

Hi Tweets,  

Freezing temps and sunny days in January.  Two trees in the orchard still have apples on them (we call them winter apples) ,   and they regularly attract the usual visitors this time of year,  Flickers,  Pileated Woodpeckers, Robins, Varied Thrush,  to name a few.   For the first time,  twice over past few days, we’ve seen an Anna’s hummingbird also making visits to the apples that have been  pecked open by the aforementioned species.   Makes sense in that the apples are the only red in the garden this time of year.      

I know little to nothing about hummers,  but assume it to be Anna’s based on the eBird maps.   

Stan Kostka 
Arlington WA 
lynnandstan at earthlink dot net