Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 alpha 4/15/85; site weitek.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!prls!amdimage!amdcad!cae780!weitek!mae From: mae@weitek.UUCP (Mike Ekberg) Newsgroups: net.rec.birds Subject: re:hummer Message-ID: <251@weitek.UUCP> Date: Wed, 7-Aug-85 16:13:29 EDT Article-I.D.: weitek.251 Posted: Wed Aug 7 16:13:29 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 11-Aug-85 03:56:39 EDT Organization: Weitek Corp. Sunnyvale Ca. Lines: 21 Keywords: flora and avians I too like reading net.rec.birds although I have never posted to his group. That said, onto hummers! We seem to have an Anna's hummingbird that regularly visits our yard. We saw a lot of him in the spring when a bush with red flowers( i think podacarpus?) was in bloom. After the bloom, he quit coming by. However, last month we planted some salvia(sage) with purple/red flowers and he/she is now back. One of his favorite places to light is on top of a dead limb on the top of a walnut tree. He also seems to like flying through the spray of sprinklers. I was lying on our deck once and looked up to see him humming about 6 inches from my face. It was hard to tell which of us was more curious about the other. I have seen him near our plum tree, which has deep purple plums. Do they eat plums? Mike