Hummingbirds in winter

• 30 Dec, 2020
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Little hummingbird was caught in snow by surprise too
Somehow a tiny hummingbird does not fit in this Christmas snowy scene any more than a Macaw'.

This is "Anna's" hummingbird. The other hummingbirds we have around in Summer such as Rufous, Calliope, and Black-chinned have enough sense to leave for Mexico and the Gulf Coast by late summer. I read it is only past few decades that they stay around. In the past the most northern sighting were in San Francisco area.  People feed them (we have many feeders around for them) and there is plenty of "winter gardens" blooming( Mahonia, Sarcococca , Witch hazel, Winter Daphne ,Viburnum bodnatense, Heathers, Hellebores, Primroses ....just to name few). Some of these these provide their food supply during the winter.