[Birdtalk] Baby Quails Hatched Today! Chickadees Nesting. Hummingbirds Hangin' Out.

[M. H. Wallace]

We just saw mom and dad Quail escorting 7 little itty-bitty "walnut" 
sized chicks to the area of our bird feeder here in the East Millcreek 
area.  These are the first Quail chicks we have seen this Spring.  They 
are very small, presuming they hatched within past few hours to one 
day.  (California Quail, of course.)

Also, we have a pair of Black-capped Chickadees nesting in a feeder that 
we have not been filing with seed.  It is a section of Birch tree that 
has a cap in the bottom, cover on top, and a few holes in the side for 
birds to get seed out of.  This nest has been active for a few weeks 
now, and while I can't see in side it, I do think there are chicks in it 
from the sounds I hear when mom or dad chickadee are at the nest.

We've had lots of hummers around now for the past couple of weeks.  They 
hang-out high up in the old dead Blue Spruce on our property. (My dead 
tree "for the birds."  People ask why I keep a dead tree, and I say, 
well it's for the birds, as they use the high perch often during the 
day, especially early and late in the day.  It is a good vantage point 
both to view them and allows for a clear path for them to the 
feeder...)  Have had several good looks at them on the hummer-feeder out 
the kitchen window, I think these are mostly Black-chinned Hummingbirds, 
have not seen any rosy or lighter chin coloring of the Calliope, or the 
more orange of the Allen's or Rufous, or the  red of the Anna's.  Has 
anyone else on UtahBirdTalk seen  any of these other varieties in the 
past few days?


Matthew Wallace.
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