Canadian Gardening: First Hummingbird of the year, 0 by Chilko

Chilko wrote:
Well, since we're still waiting for the first robin, I won't hold my breath! Ours arrive like clockwork on April 18th. If I don't have the feeder out, they dive bomb me. Once, one even led me to the shed where it was stored.

We're lucky, they stay until fall, with a brief hiatus in late July when (I assume) they go up higher to check out the alpine flowers.

Just so I'm not so horribly out-birded, the way we poor folk who live away from the coast are always out-flowered at this time of year, here is a picture from LAST year:

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