You’re welcome, Brian. =) Our experience with BTLH (Broad-tailed) at our place in Colorado (4600 ft elevation, urban/rural area just below sage-juniper habitat) was that they were unpredictable as to whether a male or two would hit our feeders all summer long, or whether we’d only see them as migrants in spring and fall. IOW, every year was a surprise, but appeared dependent on abundance and timing of native wildflower blooms. BCHU (Black-chinned) were breeders in our hood, whereas CAHU (Calliope) and RUHU (Rufous) were fall migrants, although occasionally a CAHU or two might pass thru in spring, we wouldn’t gamble on that. I searched extreme NW Colorado for potential breeding evidence of CAHU (suspected by local long-time birders), but I wasn’t successful in that effort. Larry

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Thanks, Larry. Now, my question is what’s happened to my Broad-tailed Hummingbirds? I used to almost be able to set my calendar by when they would show in June. Last couple of years, I’ve had maybe 1 or 2 & this year, non-existent. Not knocking the Black-chinneds or Rufous, but where are the Broad-taileds?

Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot

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