Anna's Hummingbird feeding at Bracted Honeysuckle
This Anna’s Hummingbird was still getting nectar from the small yellow flowers of Bracted Honeysuckle Lonicera involucrata (also known as Black Twinberry,) even though there were few in bloom at the late July time of this image taken in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada. As the photo shows, some recently blossomed flowers have brown, wilted petals, while other earlier flowers have gone to fruit with shiny black berries within reddish bracts. This individual was seen at the renowned Reifel Bird Sanctuary, near the city of Vancouver — which named this species its official bird in 2017.
Anna's Hummingbird feeding at Bracted Honeysuckle
This Anna’s Hummingbird was still getting nectar from the small yellow flowers of Bracted Honeysuckle Lonicera involucrata (also known as Black Twinberry,) even though there were few in bloom at the late July time of this image taken in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada. As the photo shows, some recently blossomed flowers have brown, wilted petals, while other earlier flowers have gone to fruit with shiny black berries within reddish bracts. This individual was seen at the renowned Reifel Bird Sanctuary, near the city of Vancouver — which named this species its official bird in 2017.