After my last post a couple of hours ago, I refilled the nectar & planned to go fly-fishing on the Snake. Literally, while carrying the feeder out to the deck hangar, I was bombarded by 3 Calliopes! So, I stepped back just far enough to focus my binocs & spent the rest of the time just watching the show. Fly-fishing will have to happen tomorrow.

This evening, all 4 regular species have shown, 1-2 ea of Broad-tailed & Black-chinned. Initially, Calliopes were hitting the feeder & then, quite suddenly, were totally replaced by Rufous for a full hour. I estimate 8-10 Rufous individuals were coming in non-stop. Then, over the past 1/2 hr, 4-5 Calliopes are back. Every single hummer this evening has been a juvenile. Indicates to me a massive migration out of the dry, hot & burning W US & Canadian Rockies. In the 2 hours since I filled the feeder, it’s been drained by nearly half. Quite a show!

Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot

I just got a new yard bird – Hairy Woodpecker. He is having himself a fine time in my crabapple and apricot trees… Horseshoe Bend, Jonathan Barnett

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Just had a juvenile Broad-tailed Hummingbird show up at the feeder. That finally makes all 4 since Monday: Black-chinned, Rufous, Calliope & now Broad-tailed. Interestingly, since Tuesday, I haven’t had an adult of any species. All are juveniles.

I’ve decreased to one nectar feeder now & fill it every 2 days.
Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot

My most numerous nectar feeders now are juvenile Calliope Hummingbirds. They outnumber the remaining Black-chinneds 4 to 1 &, in early AM hours, rule the feeder.

Amazing to watch a creature the weight of a penny & the size of the last digit of my thumb in mid-flight face-offs with the larger hummers! A great show, in real-time.

Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot