Unlike previous yrs here in W Boise, we see/hear no certain Rufous yet, only Black-chins, and we’re seriously attentive to our feeders and salvias…….

Hoping hums have plenty of nutrition on high! =)

Becoming hazy/smoky here,

Larry

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Sent: Saturday, August 5, 2017 7:48 PM
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Subject: [IBLE] More Hummingbird Action

For a week now, the only hummingbird visitor to the feeder has been a female Black-chinned. By mid-morning today, I noticed the nectar level had dropped moreso than usual. So, I started watching. Juvenile Rufous Hummingbirds are hitting the feeder now. Appears to be both males (finely spotted streaked throats with a few central dark orange fluorescent feathers) & females. I suspect all the area wildfires have caused some dispersal into the river corridor.

Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot

For a week now, the only hummingbird visitor to the feeder has been a female Black-chinned. By mid-morning today, I noticed the nectar level had dropped moreso than usual. So, I started watching. Juvenile Rufous Hummingbirds are hitting the feeder now. Appears to be both males (finely spotted streaked throats with a few central dark orange fluorescent feathers) & females. I suspect all the area wildfires have caused some dispersal into the river corridor.

Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot

FYI………..

Yampa Valley, Steamboat, and Carpenter Ranch are delightful places to experience cranes =)

Larry, Boise

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Visit Steamboat Springs and the beautiful Yampa Valley in Northwest Colorado for the sixth annual Yampa Valley Crane Festival taking place during Labor Day weekend, Aug. 31 – Sept. 3, 2017.

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