It is mating time!

I have seen the ritual dance of both the Anna's male and Rufous male when they are trying to catch the eye of a female. Since the Anna's are around right now (February) and whenever the sun comes out for even 3 minutes, the males start dive bombing, I am really going to try and capture this on video and put it onto my blog.

I caught a part of one today and I am going to try and post it.  If you want to see the scientific view and all about it in detail, get the fabulous video "Hummingbirds Magic in the Air" by NATURE. I got mine on line after seeing it on television. It is awesome. Here is the deal for Anna's. The male sees a female and wants to catch her eye. He flies up to 100 feet straight up in the air. He comes straight down at speeds up to 50 mph and at the end he curves in a J and his tail feather whistles in a very unique sound. He will do this up to 7 times and perhaps she will mate with him. Why wait for the sunshine??? Well, his head feathers that are black, turn the reddest of red and he is his most attractive.

Today, I caught the male going up, and if you listen, you can hear the whistle twice. That is it for now, but I will keep trying. I want people to know this sound so you can recognize it in your own neighborhood or in your own backyard.