Brian

We’ve had 1 Calliope male, 2 Black-chinned males, 2 rufous males this week so far since Sunday. Quite a few females and young hummers.

Rufous were very territorial – one full male colors, second was less fully colored.

Also quite a few females. I’m not sure if any females are nesting again but the black-chinned and rufous males were doing some dives/shutter movement in addition to being territorial about the feeders and flowers.

May have time to watch more closely tomorrow.

Nancy Miller

Viola, ID

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At this point, I saw a male Black-chinned that came in on Tues and both a female Black-chinned & female Rufous, are coming to the feeder on a daily basis. I haven’t seen any male or juvenile Rufous in some days now. Also, appears the juvenile Black-chinned has moved on, unless I get a new hatchling.

Of note, is the female Rufous is a more consistent visitor than the Black-chinned, and her infrequent feeder visits & straight-as-an-arrow flight to the willows, make me believe that she’s nesting. I really have no way to know if this is the same bird that gave all original indications of nesting or a different bird, but cool nonetheless.

Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot