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Firedoglake (blog)People enjoyed another photo I posted last week of a Cooper's Hawk clinching a pigeon in its talons while squirting out some guano. ...

Wildlife Gardens Revisited  -  ‎Aug 1, 2009‎
MyMotherLode.comA California Towhee mined the mulch for bugly morsels while a lizard scurried near the small water pond and an Anna's Hummingbird explored the native

Nightly torpor is hummingbird’s hibernation  -  ‎Mar 17, 2009‎
Falmouth BulletinIn North America the cold weather champ is the feisty little Anna's Hummingbird. While other hummingbirds move to the tropics to avoid our scary winters,

Long, Sexy Tails Not A Drag On Male Birds  -  ‎Mar 18, 2009‎
Science Daily (press release)Last year, he and fellow student Teresa Feo described how the Anna's hummingbird flares its tail feathers to generate a chirp at the bottom of its display

Bird enthusiasts lose their 'marvelous place'  -  ‎Mar 18, 2009‎
San Diego Union TribuneBy Mike Lee (Contact) Union-Tribune Staff Writer An Anna's Hummingbird used "the drip" before its removal at the Cabrillo National Monument in Point Loma.

Where songs take wing: Walk in the woods reveals sights and voices ...  -  21 Feb 2009
Peninsula Daily,...flew in with spotted towhees, chestnut-backed chickadees, golden-crowned and fox sparrows, nuthatches, one Anna's hummingbird and one downy woodpecker.

Bird sighting: Anna's hummingbird  -  Feb 13, 2009
Salt Lake Tribune,Anna's hummingbird is common in urban areas of the far west coastal states and is found in California throughout the year. However, Bryan Fishburn of

Hummingbirds star on Webcam 'â€? and you can tune in, too  -  Feb 13, 2009
San Jose Mercury News,The Koskis had two hummingbird feeders, and one day Linda noticed an Anna's hummingbird sitting on top of the tiki light, and the bird kept going to sit

ANN LOVEJOY | Keeping Hummers Happy in Winter  -  Feb 13, 2009
Kitsap Sun,The most common over-winterer is Anna's hummingbird, a tough and feisty little critter that can take some amazing weather in stride. In the cold months,

Warming winter: Birds seem to be heading farther north because of ...  -  Feb 9, 2009
Seattle Post IntelligencerYears ago, the Anna's hummingbird used to winter in the US only as far north as California but now is a regular Christmas visitor to Seattle and throughout

Recreation Report  -  Nov 14, 2008
Newport News Times,Although the Rufous Hummingbird has flown south, the Oregon coast has mild enough weather for the Anna's Hummingbird stay the whole winter.

Del Mar Mesa trail plan delayed until 2009  -  Nov 13, 2008
Del Mar Times,The land is a part of the city's Multiple Species Conservation Project, home to protected species like the San Diego horned lizard and Anna's hummingbird,

Aquarium of the Pacific's rescued green sea turtle a model patient  -  Oct 24, 2008
Los Angeles Times,An Anna's hummingbird stopped to rest on a curl of razor wire. Every 10 minutes or so, a green sea turtle poked its head above the water for a gulp of air.

Flighty Visitors  -  Sep 19, 2008
Victorville Daily Press,The bloom times of High Desert: Anna's hummingbird, Costa's hummingbird, black-chinned hummingbird, Calliope hummingbird, Allen's hummingbird and Rufous

Enjoy life, enjoy a lifetime hobby in your garden  -  14 Aug 2008
Yuma Sun,In your garden, you might see an Anna's hummingbird sipping nectar from the flowers, hear the chattering of black grackles challenging each other for the

Urban critters: Anna's hummingbird  -  Jul 26, 2008
Vancouver Sun,Where to find it: In the first half of the 20th century, the Anna's hummingbird bred only in southern California. But as more and more exotic flowers were

OUTDOOR BRIEFS  -  Apr 13, 2008
Las Vegas Review - Journal,Anna's hummingbird is a year-long resident, and broad-tailed, black-chinned and Costa's hummingbirds live here in the summer. Neel said the Calliope and

Anna's hummingbird chirps with its tail during display dives  -  Jan 29, 2008
EurekAlert (press release),The students used a high-speed camera to record the dive-bomber display of the Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna), the West Coast's most common hummer now in

How the hummingbird got his whistle  -  Jan 29, 2008
AFPThe Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna), native to the US West Coast, makes the brief but loud chirp as he dives to impress females that venture into his

How hummingbirds chirp: It's all in the tail  -  Feb 7, 2008
San Francisco Chronicle,The title of their UC Berkeley study sums it up: "The Anna's hummingbird chirps with its tail: a new mechanism of sonation in birds.

Hummingbird Beeps With Its Feathers  -  Jan 30, 2008
Discovery Channel30, 2008 -- Given their tiny anatomy, very small birds would only seem to produce quiet sounds, but a notable exception is the male Anna's hummingbird,

Revealed: the bird that sings through its tail  -  Jan 29, 2008
Independent,Scientists have found that the Anna's hummingbird of the American south-west makes a "chirping" sound by dive-bombing at speeds of 50mph to cause wind to

Bird Lady: Vacation Guilt Mounts  -  Feb 14, 2008
Kitsap Sun (Subscription),This experience should alleviate future winter fears concerning the survival abilities of the Anna's hummingbird. It also means I will plant more winter

Bird Lady: Spent Blossoms of Clematis Attract Hummers  -  Feb 7, 2008
Kitsap Sun (Subscription),Last February, a few days after we returned home from Hawaii, I watched a female Anna's hummingbird gather nesting material from those seed heads.

Bird Chirps From Hind End  -  Jan 31, 2008
LiveScience.com,..."The Anna's hummingbird is the only hummingbird for which we know all the details, but there are a number of other species with similarly shaped tail

Demystifying a Hummingbird's Chirp  -  Feb 8, 2008
Daily Californian,The Anna's hummingbird, the most common species in the Bay Area, produces the chirping sound by spreading its tail feathers during an elaborate dive thought

Hummingbirds Chirp With Tail Feathers When Diving  -  Feb 1, 2008
National Geographic,The Anna's hummingbird is fairly common in urban areas of the US West Coast (see map), and the animals frequently perform their diving displays at the

About Richardson Bay, Scene Of Big Sewage Spill  -  Feb 1, 2008
CBS 5,Snowy egret, and Great egret; mallard; Red-tailed hawk and Turkey Vulture; Killdeer and Western gull; Morning Dove and Rock Dove; Anna's hummingbird.

Wildlife viewing  -  Jan 25, 2008
Statesman Journal,Several varied thrush, a pileated woodpecker and an Anna's hummingbird have been reported by birders in Skamania County, Wash., where American wigeons,

Developer puts decals on glass wall to halt bird deaths  -  01 Dec 2007
Orange County Register,...meadowlark, yellow rumped warbler and Anna's hummingbird -- were found dead along what they call "the wall of death" in the Bolsa Chica Mesa.

Wayne's World: Bird-watchers' dreams come true  -  Nov 24, 2007
Times Herald-Record,As for the Anna's hummingbird, get this: Burke says the Sullivan sighting this month "is the second record for New York state.

San Dieguito wetlands project hits midway point  -  Nov 15, 2007
North County Times,Work stopped repeatedly this summer as biologists spotted nesting birds, including an Anna's hummingbird that built a nest 10 feet from the expansive

Developer makes temporary fix to divert birds from glass wall  -  Nov 26, 2007
Orange County Register,...including a raptor, meadowlark, yellow rumped warbler, Anna's hummingbird and a morning dove -- were found dead along the wall in the Bolsa Chica Mesa.

Dead birds found near Hearthside's glass wall  -  Nov 19, 2007
Orange County Register,The other three birds Boardman brought home and photographed Sunday were a yellow rumped warbler, Anna's hummingbird and a mourning dove.

Tiny, swift 'hummers' entertain their hosts  -  Oct 13, 2007
Arkansas News,Most of these are from the west, and they include the rufous hummingbird, Anna's hummingbird, broad-winged hummingbird and more. Arizona has 18 species of

Columbines are showy flowers  -  Oct 18, 2007
Visalia Times-Delta,I found pictures taken by a local photographer on the Web that show these lovely red flowers being visited by an Anna's hummingbird in one photo and a

Hummers throw their (tiny) weight around  -  Aug 15, 2007
Contra Costa Times,An almost microscopic (in comparison) Anna's hummingbird was attacking the eagle, and the eagle was going crazy trying to get away from it.



Chance sightings, definitive guides  Nov 23, 2006
...expect a blissful birding memory to come out of a few asphalt-cloaked acres in Central LA: Audubon warblers, Hutton's vireos, an Anna's hummingbird (acting, in ... - Los Angeles Times,

A fine feathered feast  Nov 18, 2006
Hummingbird feeders: Most varieties of hummers migrate, but the Anna's hummingbird makes a permanent home here, which means you should be able to attract ... - Inside Bay Area,

Since You Asked  Nov 12, 2006
The familiar Anna's hummingbird is the one that sticks it out here all year round, which is why if you feed hummers it's important to keep feeding all winter. ... - Mail Tribune,
Riverwatcher: Hidden hardships Mar 27, 2006
At the same time an Anna's hummingbird dashed to a perch on the tip-end of a ten-foot tree of heaven upthrust, flashing its iridescent glory as if to ask ...
Mercury-Register,

Tips From Oregon State Univ Extension - Hummingbirds Return To ... Mar 10, 2006
In Oregon the most commonly seen hummingbird species are the rufous hummingbird and Anna's hummingbird, according to Dan Edge, wildlife biologist with Oregon ...
GrantsPassNews.com,

Missing hummingbirds likely off raising babies Mar 1, 2006
I have to ask: Hey Mom, what are the names of your hummingbirds? I've named the little male Anna's hummingbird that rules my back yard, "Killer.".
Contra Costa Times,

Beating the breeding rush Mar 15, 2006
One of the smallest of birds -- the Anna's hummingbird -- undertakes the rigors of hatching and raising young in the harsh cold in January, February and March ...
Contra Costa Times,

Succulent beauty in the desert Mar 12, 2006
...make music. In the botanical garden, I spot an iridescent green Anna's hummingbird whirring past a border of Indian fig cacti. And ...
Newsday,
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