Thursday's Bird Watch

This female Anna's Hummingbird has her bill deep into a Salvia blossom to get some nectar.  This was photographed last Thursday at Dallas Retirement Village in the flower beds of the Red Bistro patio maintained by resident Davis Fletcher.

Given a choice, hummingbirds seem to prefer flower nectar over sugar water at our juice feeders, and nectar is probably better for them.

Originally, Anna's Hummingbirds were found no further north than San Francisco, but in the last several decades they have moved north and now are year around residents here in Oregon, and much further north.  Which means that in winter when the flowers are gone, they do depend on juice feeders, so it's important for us to provide the feeders then.