Anna's Hummingbird, male

ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD

The noisy, adaptive, and highly visible Anna's Hummingbird has become a common sight and sound in the southwest corner of British Columbia. Anna’s Hummingbirds are mostly green and grey, without any rufous or orange marks on the body. The male's head and throat are covered in iridescent reddish-pink feathers that can look dull brown or gray without direct sunlight. Anna’s Hummingbirds are a blur of motion as they hover before flowers looking for nectar and insects. Listen for the male's scratchy metallic song and look for him perched above head level in trees and shrubs.

Anna’s Hummingbirds are common in yards, parks, residential streets, eucalyptus groves, riverside woods, savannahs, and coastal scrub. They readily come to hummingbird feeders and flowering plants, including cultivated species in gardens.

PHOTOGRAPHED IN SOUTH NANAIMO, BC.