Phainopeplas gone

Bummer! I didn't see one all day even though there are still plenty of mulberries left on the trees. Kenn Kaufman wrote that their "movements are complex and poorly understood" (Lives of North American Birds, page 498), so maybe they'll return. They're known to descend on berry sources in flocks like I had. I sure miss them.

I still have plenty of Lucifer Hummingbirds though and they are still doing courtship displays like crazy. I wonder if the shiny band on this one helps him attract females.