2024—A Big Selection

The California Fuchsia is finally in full bloom in a large pot on my patio. The Anna’s Hummingbirds have a big selection of blossoms from which to choose. A chair, strategically placed just outside my patio door is midway between the Hummingbird feeders and the blooming Fuchsia so that I can sit on the chair and keep my eye on the trees surrounding the feeders and the California Fuchsia. At least two subadult males are vying for supremacy and each seems to have claimed a particular perch as his own. The California Fuchsia seems to be an unclaimed food source with no fighting or chasing around it. Perhaps because there are so many blossoms it isn’t necessary. So far, at least. We’ll see.