After a couple days at cabin & hiking/fly-fishing/ birding backcountry of Yellowstone, back home. Being quite lazy this AM & relaxing on hammock within sight of my hummingbird feeder. Watched several visits by a female Black-chinned, which then flew and perched on the cottonwood right above me. A male Black-chinned then started making looping display flights just to the right of me, and twittering during the display at both apex ends of his loops. I barely moved for fear of scaring them (not exactly easy while on a hammock trying to observe the flight!) & not wanting to be impaled by a hummer’s bill! The bottom of his loop was within touching distance!

Quite cool! So, for Kim in Boise, Black-chinneds are definitely displaying now. And, though no proof, suspect this is the same female who successfully nested once already. May nest again, soon.

Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot