<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">David,<div>They are both resident and migrant (at least local) in Washington. Before they were resident in areas like Yakima, they were migrating over the Cascades in late summer (and still do). <br><br><div dir="ltr">Scott Downes<div>Downess@charter.net</div><div>Yakima Wa</div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jun 17, 2022, at 5:07 PM, David Hutchinson <florafaunabooks@hotmail.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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They are RESIDENT not MIGRANT. Females lay two EGGS</div>
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They are POLYGYNOUS i.e. not pair forming.</div>
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Their original home town was Southern CAL but here the males</div>
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call and start displaying probably in December.</div>
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In W.Wash both sexes largely live in suburban areas.</div>
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Females can start nest-building by January. They <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; background: var(--white);">
tour MALE </span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; background: var(--white);">territories before they pick a parent for their brood.</span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; background: var(--white);">These territories might be 100 yards or so apart.</span></div>
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Last year's FEMALES can certainly breed twice, but not always</div>
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in same nest. They favor FEEDERS, but use flowers of several colors,</div>
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native & ornamental, plus sap, insects, cement & more.</div>
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They can be harder to find by July when they might be in molt.</div>
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Anna's certainly arrived in the PNW by 1946 <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; background: var(--white);">(Vancouver Island)</span></div>
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Males are aggressive in mating & territory protection. Have</div>
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seen one attack a Bald Eagle in flight Thanks to American Nat Hist Museum</div>
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for funding and Garrett Eddy for early study info. David</div>
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