I found a young male Rufous/Allen's in my yard last Thursday that had a full green back so Allen's could not be ruled out based on the amount of Rufous on the bird. I saw the bird a couple of more times over the next couple of days. On Saturday evening, I thought I was watching the bird again when I realized this one had a lot of rufous on its back. A second Rufous/Allen's and this one is a Rufous. I miss the female that was here the past seven years but it's good to see some Rufous activity in the yard again.

I observed a young male Rufous/Allen's in the backyard today. His rufous rump and pointed black tipped tail was obvious. He had a few gorget feathers grown but my memory is failing ma and I can't remember exactly where they were. I believe they were on his cheek. His back was green. There was not enough rufous on his back to rule out Allen's.

 

Unfortunately, I was not able to see him again. I believe I heard him once or twice and I saw a number of chases involving unidentified birds.

 

I've been seeing around five Ruby-throateds daily for the past few weeks.

I saw my first adult males of the season on Friday the 4th. I thought that I may have seen one a day or two earlier but did not have my binoculars and was not able to confirm it. Saturday, I saw at least two adult males. Still no sign of a Rufous.

 

The next door neighbors removed two trees from their front yard last week before discovering that a third one needed to be removed as well. The trees in the neighborhood are really thinning out. I'm hoping it doesn't affect the hummingbird numbers.