Anna's Hummingbird

I'd like to introduce everyone to "Andy", the Anna's hummingbird! Andy is ever-present here in our little corner of the "wild hinterlands" of Northern California in Sonoma County. Of all of the many year-round avian residents here, Andy is perhaps the most visible and the most vocal. Andy voices his displeasure when anyone steps out my front door into "his" yard and keeps advance lookout for all of the predator raptors. Andy also does his high-pitched whistle oval aerial acrobat act sometimes but you can hear him vocalize, too. To me, it sounds like "RrrrrrrrRICK-ahhhh! RrrrrrrrRICK-ahhhh! Chicka-chicka! Chicka-chicka!"