[obol] [COBOL] Bend CBC & Costa's Hummingbird Photo, Video

[david tracy]

I've uploaded a few photos and a video of the female Costa's  
Hummingbird.  The cold weather seems to bring her in, note the bit of  
ice floating in the feeder reservoir.  It's been down in the single  
digits at least two or three nights in a row and she's still present,  
visiting the feeder every 10-20 minutes during daylight hours, first  
showing up around 7:45-8:15

http://www.flickr.com/photos/72482309@N00/325132625/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/72482309@N00/326941974/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/72482309@N00/326941971/

For a short video, paste the following link into your browser:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMIdHqH4YZI

She's been present since Julia spotted her on Saturday.  I think it  
is probably the same bird we saw during the last cold snap, back on  
Nov. 12th.

Anna's hummingbirds can be seen visiting our feeders here in Bend  
just about every day throughout the winter, going back the past   
three or four years.  I've been hearing the male Anna's sing nearly  
every day the past few weeks and even saw/heard him doing a display  
dive late in Nov.  I wonder if these two are in the mood for a little  
intra-generic fooling around.  Nah, forget I said anything or the  
BSCOOGER Man might come after me...

If you want to keep your feeder defrosted like one of the pros, go to  
the local plumbing supply store.  Not Lowes or Home Depot, they will  
only give you a blank stare.  Here in Bend try Searing's on N.E. 2nd  
street.  Invest the $8-10 for a clamp-on light fixture that looks  
like this:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/72482309@N00/326920131/

Plug in a 125 Watt Infra-red light bulb, but don't get the red-glass  
type.  Get an I.R. bulb with clear envelope, it casts a more natural  
light.  Hang it using the adjustable, integrated clamp so it points  
at the feeder from one or two feet away.  This is the way plumbers  
defrost frozen pipes.  I plug mine up to a timer so it comes on an  
hour before sunrise and clicks off an hour after sunset.



Dave

davect at bendnet.com
Bend, OR



----Original Message----
Subject: Re: [COBOL] Bend CBC
From: "DAVID IRONS" <llsdirons AT msn.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 05:11:51 +0000
Costa's Hummingbird has occurred previously on an Oregon CBC.  A male  
was at
Barb Griffin's feeder in N. Bend a couple years ago and was recorded  
on the
Coos Bay CBC.  One in Bend during winter is  pretty amazing  
nevertheless.

Dave Irons


 >From: "Tom Crabtree"
 >To: "COBOL" ,
 >Subject: Re: [obol] [COBOL] Bend CBC
 >Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 20:32:24 -0800
 >
 >Frigid temperatures for the Bend CBC held on 12/16 did not prevent a
 >dedicated group of participants from recording the second highest  
number of
 >species tallied in the 39 years of operation.  The 94 species  
recorded was
 >second only to the 98 seen in 2001.  A number of count rarities and  
some
 >amazing numbers of certain species made this a truly memorable count.
 >
 >Totally unprecedented was a female Costa's Hummingbird, thoroughly
 >documented by Dave Tracy's excellent video.  I suspect this is a  
first for
 >any Oregon Christmas count.  Although no other count firsts were  
recorded,
 >a
 >number of species made only their second appearance included Snow  
Goose,
 >Ferruginous Hawk, Bewick's Wren, and Purple Finch,  Other unusual  
sightings
 >included 2 Cackling Geese, an Anna's Hummingbird, and a White-throated
 >Sparrow.
 >
 >All time high numbers were counted for a number of species:  Cackling
 >Goose - 4; Bufflehead - 190; Cooper's Hawk - 9; Red-tailed Hawk - 74;
 >American Kestrel - 30; Mourning Dove - 826 (!); Northern Flicker -  
225;
 >Western Scrub Jay - 120 [as recently as 2000 only 10 were  
recorded]; Varied
 >Thrush - 71 (including 8 males in one yard) and 24 Lesser Goldfinch.
 >
 >In general, warmer weather species prevailed (2 Hummingbirds, Bewick's
 >Wren,
 >Varied Thrush, Lesser Goldfinch.  Irruptive winter finches were  
scarce.
 >There were only 2 Pine Siskins, 82 Red Crossbills and 25 Evening  
Grosbeaks.
 >Only 120 Cedar Waxwings were counted this year, compared to 1387  
last year.
 >
 >Thanks to all intrepid counters and feeder watchers for contributing.
 >
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david tracy
davect at bendnet.com