Spring (1 Viewer)

After several weeks of cold wet windy weather, spring appears to have arrived in southern Nevada. High today near 85 deg F. Most of my goldfinches have left but I still have 3 or 4. Mostly Red-winged Black birds, House Finches and Inca Dove.

The Plum tree in my front yard is blooming and a hummer is visiting. Haven't ID yet but I did notice very long, apparently black gorget. Probably Anna's but will wait till he shows up again.

bob

Haven't a clue what 85 F is, but it sounds hot??? Here, a nice mild spring day (14°C), but very windy.

Black-chinned Hummer? - Sibley shows Anna's as very marginal in Nevada

Michael

Michael Frankis said:

Haven't a clue what 85 F is, but it sounds hot??? Here, a nice mild spring day (14°C), but very windy.

Black-chinned Hummer? - Sibley shows Anna's as very marginal in Nevada

Michael

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85ºF is 29.4444........ºC!!!!

So much for spring here comes 6-8 inches of snow and cold hopefully this will be the last

Michael Frankis said:

Haven't a clue what 85 F is, but it sounds hot??? Here, a nice mild spring day (14°C), but very windy.

Black-chinned Hummer? - Sibley shows Anna's as very marginal in Nevada

Michael

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According to reports on the Nevada Birds List, [email protected], Anna's are over wintering more often in southern Nevada of late. I'm roughly halfway between Las Vegas and Beatty, (Indian Springs isn't on all maps) and I appear to be at or above the very northern tip of their winter range. I have positive ID on Anna's up until 15 Dec. and as early as 20 Jan. at my feeders. I've been told from the same source that Black-chinned are later arrivals. I never noticed Black-chinned having a gorget drooping down like a handlebar mustache before, but I'm still a novice and this may well be a Black-chinned. I hope to get pictures tomorrow.

My min/max thermometer showed a min of -6 deg C (20 F) and a max of 29 C (84 F) last week, and we may be due for another cold snap, or not.