This storm brought me an amazing bird. I am just so excited. I always keep a
hummingbird feeder out beginning in March with a little bird bath heater in
it to keep it thawed. I never get anything at it until May, but just in case
some crazy wayward hummer comes around early or is lost, I am ready. Well,
with this crazy late nor'easter I was watching my feeders outside with all
the redpolls on it when suddenly out of the misty snow I saw something buzz
down and land on my hummingbird feeder! I couldn't believe my eyes! I ran
and got my camera only to take a terrible photo through the window. Check it
out on the VTeBird flickr pool:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vtebird/5579430057/in/pool-929116@N20/ . It of
course got flagged when I entered it in eBird as this has to be the earliest
record ever for a hummingbird here. You just never know what you might see
bird watching.

Hope you all enjoy this first day of April.
Good birding.
Kent

Kent McFarland

Conservation Biologist

Vermont Center for Ecostudies

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