The Rufous have arrived! Our first male Rufous Hummingbird arrived March 11. On the 22nd we noticed our first female. Now it is hard to count the males and the females. They are zipping between our 11 Red Flowering Currant bushes, and the three feeders that I have at different sides of the house. We noticed "our" female Anna's is still with us, but we haven't seen the male Anna's Hummingbird for at least two weeks.
Welcome Spring!

I finally managed to upload the pictures from our Field Guides trip to Mexico in February. The movie isn't labeled because I was having trouble uploading it and I was afraid to add any text. The sharp, well composed pictures are taken by John; I took the rest.

Here are some of the birds from the trip. I especially enjoyed the Northern Potoo.

Pictures from the trip

We had super guides, Jesse Fagan and David MacKay.

I thought I would use a blog to share bird sightings and pictures from our recent Field Guides Tour to Mazatlan, Copala, and San Blas. One of the most desired birds on the trip was the Tufted Jay. We had excellent looks at groups of birds. This particular bird was hanging out with Steller's Jays and Acorn Woodpeckers in addition to other Tufted Jays.