Birds out of Range (was: Chickadee ID)

"Hyak Birder" wrote

> Many bird
> books shows Anna's Hummingbirds as a California bird. Anna's are now
> frequently seen in Western Washington.

Now, and in the 1950's, too. My first bird book was Audubon's Birds of
America (I think that's the title). It's a huge book. The idiot that I am,
I sold it to a used book place 27 years ago.. ANYway, there is a photo in
there of an Anna's with the caption "Washington." I got that book in 1959.

Howard in Tucson


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