First hummingbirds of the year spotted in Tahsis

Chris Fincati is the first person to spot a hummingbird this spring. On Friday afternoon March 11th Chris Fincati (local scroll work artist and president of the Tahsis Hummingbird Society) put out a new hummingbird feeder. On the 12th at 4:45 PM a hummingbird came to the feeder, and returned 3 times that day. It was a male Roufus hummingbird.

For more information about hummingbirds in Tahsis see the website for the Tahsis Hummingbird Society at www.hummingbirdnorth.com

Sharon Armella of Nootka Mist Guest House spotted a hummingbird at her hummingbird feeder on Sunday march 13th in the afternoon. Sharon had put her feeder out on Saturday -- Sharon used the glass tube feeder with red flowers and little perches for the birds so they can feed while perched. Sharon put them out because her spouse noticed some migrating geese, and Sharon finds that hummingbirds tend to show up shortly after the geese. She also has noticed that the hummingbirds show up shortly after the little flower buds appear on the salmonberry bushes.