Just before opening the patio door to get a shot of the little hummers on the feeder, one of the two that were perched there flew off. This little guy, however, stayed to enjoy some more nectar sips while I took several pictures of him. It was drizzling at the time, but the hummingbirds don’t seem to mind. As a matter of fact, when it was snowing on New Years Eve, the little guys were still coming for the nectar. Click on the image to enlarge.
A little off topic, perhaps, but how’s your big saguaro doing? I just found one 15 miles in from the river on the Cali side.
The Big Guy seems to be doing OK. Not too many of them on the Cali side, but a few. Where did you see that?
Just west of Hwy 78, northeast of Glamis by 10 or 15 miles. There is a small range of hills between it and the river. I first found it by looking up Calflora: carnegiea gigantea. They have maps pinpointing exactly where they find specimens. From there, I was able to track it down. It’s a big plant for the location, as it is the farthest west naturally occurring saguaro, and is almost out of the summer monsoon area.
That’s remarkable, Crotalus. I went to the Califlora site and found it a few minutes ago. It is close enough to highway 78 that one could hike in or perhaps 4wd to the site.
That’s what I did. Four wheeled until I saw it, then parked and walked to it.