Great hummingbird moment

I was lucky to see an Anna's hummingbird light on a bush a few feet away from me--the first time I've seen a male Anna's still and close up. The magenta plumage on his head was so vibrant, and it shimmered like a hologram. No wonder the Aztec revered them. In non-Clark news, I saw a bald eagle flying low & close at Kelly Point park & a Bewick's wren digging around in the undergrowth just off the path. Kelly Point, at the convergence of the Willamette & Columbia rivers & just off the I-5 near the Interstate bridge, is great for spotting raptors and waterfowl--riverfront and scrubby woods. A bunch of cormorants were hanging out on some posts sticking out of the surf. Tomorrow I'm hanging my "birds you might see at the feeders" display in the Clark daycare.