With all the other hummingbirds gone, last Tuesday we had a late migrant show up, a hatch year male Black-chinned. He's been here intermittently since, feeding on flowers, feeders and the abundant fruit flies. Just before and during migration hummers build fat nearly doubling their weight which helps them in the long flight to Mexico for the winter. Note the tiny head on the big body appearance which is very different from a breeding season hummingbird. This guy is bulging with fat around the neck, belly and back. Haven't seen him this morning, maybe he's moved on....






Yesterday, my friend Kate in Cordova, Alaska, discovered an Anna's Hummingbird coming to her feeder during a snowstorm. If she's able to catch and document it today, it will be the first banding record of an Anna's Hummingbird in southcentral AK.