In 1829, the Anna’s Hummingbird was named to honor French courtier Anne d’Essling, the Duchess of Rivoli, who was married to amateur ornithologist François Victor Massena, the 3rd Duke of Rivoli after whom the Rivoli’s Hummingbird, once called the Magnificent Hummingbird, is named. This is a female Anna’s Hummingbird who was out and about in my garden between skirmishes by the three rival male Anna’s. I hadn”t seen a female at the feeders for a while so it was nice to see her. I’m hoping she’s on a nest nearby. Time will tell. I wish she’d posed for me in front of a nice green background like a couple of the feeders have but alas, she stopped and looked at me in front of the fence, painted the requisite “sanderling” color which is not the color of a Sanderling at all.