The Case of the Anna’s Hummingbird’s Curious Chirp

| May 5, 2008

   As I was walking down a brushy slope this morning toward the beach, stopping to check out the birds, I suddenly heard a very loud chirp near me and then immediately I heard the high pitched chittering of a hummingbird.  Assuming it was an Anna’s Hummingbird (Calypte anna), I started looking around, but could [...]