A couple of day's ago my adult son asked if any hummingbirds had purple on
them. He saw what he thought was purple on a hummer trying to access a feeder
on our patio, only to be instantly chased off by a rufous. I watched on and off
for the rest of the day, but never saw it. With a couple of recent obol reports
of Costa's, he could have actually seen one. He knows what Anna's and rufous
hummers look like. Wish I'd seen it to be able to verify, plus it'd be a first
for my yard!
Lona Pierce,
Columbia County
