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Sun. the 4th and heading out walkabout to the Library and back.
Calypte annaWhich species is more common to the Portland area. I hear the Anna's and Rufus are the two main species but find it hard to tell the two apart.
Just wondering. Thanks
I would say right now, Anna's would be more common, they are found along the coast of Oregon year round whereas the Rufous is found there during the spring breeding season. There may still be some around, but most birds have already started their migration
Portland is home to some lovely public downtown gardens, if you just know where to look. One of my favorites to visit throughout the seasons is at the Ecotrust Building at 721 Northwest 9th Avenue, in the Pearl District. I’ll write again later in the season about how this beautiful mostly native garden designed with year-round beauty in mind came to be. But first, just take a look at how lovely it is in March, with just the evergreen foliage, some twigs and berries, and the first few stray buds and early blossoms adorning the branches.
If you are in the area – or even if you are not! – stop over, get a coffee or a nibble at Laughing Planet or Hot Lips Pizza and take a look at the gardens. And stop to admire the ingenious structure of the place, particularly along the west side of the parking lot (along 10th Avenue), where there are 16 granite benches flanking the sidewalk, six of which are engraved with evocative quotes by the likes of Wendell Berry, Jane Jacobs and other ecologists. (Thanks for checking on how many benches there are, Sam Beebe!) The inscriptions are easy to read now, as the foliage isn’t obscuring them.
Hummingbirds feeding at TEOTR on 3/21/09. Did someone ring the dinner bell? 15-17 hummers - a combination of Rufous and Anna's, coming in for ...
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