OK....we had two rufous hummingbirds at the empty hummingbird feeder yesterday. I know this has been a very weird mild winter on southern Vancouver Island, but there is still really nothing in bloom here except for a few snowdrops.

The salmonberry bushes, quite often their favourite early food are still mostly bare sticks, although the buds are starting to green up and swell. Does anyone know what are these little fellows might be surviving on?

I filled the feeder with sugar water today and put a red ribbon on it, in hopes of tempting them back, so I guess, come what may, weatherwise, I've committed to them.