Hello All,
This certainly stirred the pot and yes it should have. What I did see was a
small hummer with a gorget flaring out beyond the sides of the neck. It had a
small straight bill. I could not see color on gorget due to back lighting. I
was pretty close looking through a window. No pictures as I was about to leave
for Portland and while still at home, about 20 mins, I did not see it again.
Randy Hill came over after I left and only saw Anna's.
Today I have sat all morning waiting camera in hand and only my usual few
Anna's have shown up. I am seeing several posts about this and have received
several comments about the fact one has never been seen in along the west coast
in winter. Also the suggestion that my post may give birders the notion that a
calliope could be expected in winter. For this I must apologize it was not my
intent to do so and thank you to those who pointed it out. My original post
was to get birders who have feeders to look. Since I had never seen this bird
before my first thought is it could be moving through. Now that said this would
be unprecedented if documented properly and by that meaning with photo. Since
I have yet to see this bird this morning and we know hummers will use and need
feeders in winter I am sure I will not get a photo.
If anything changes you will certainly hear from me. Again sorry if I misled
anyone into thinking calliope hummingbirds are seen in the winter in Washington.
Bob Flores
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