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[Nagi Aboulenein via Tweeters]

We’ve also had a male Anna’s doing its J-flights to impress a perched female last week here in King City (OR).
On Jan 21, 2025 at 15:11 -0800, Dennis Paulson via Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>, wrote:

> Patti,

>

> Nesting has been reported as early as mid January in Seattle (Birds of the World online), and I would guess that there in Vancouver, it could be a bit earlier.

>

> Dennis Paulson

> Seattle

>

> > On Jan 21, 2025, at 3:06 PM, Patricia Brent via Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:

> >

> > Late last week I started hearing the typical loud chirp sound made by male Anna’s hummers during their mating flights. Since then I have watched the males regularly zipping high into our bright sunny skies, then plummeting back down emitting that high pitch chirp.

> >

> > Here in Salmon Creek (Vancouver, WA), there are many Anna’s hummers in the apartment complex where I live. It was almost exactly a year ago that I rescued a male Anna’s in the brutal cold, icy weather. I sure hope we don’t have a repeat of that weather. As an old Northwest kid, I love these sunny days. My question is: What are the chances the hummingbirds will start nesting in January in Vancouver, WA?

> >

> > Happy birding,

> >

> > Patti Brent

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