Every day in February so far, it has snowed, and temperatures have been below zero. Some people, especially international students at Brookes I’ve noticed, seem to love this weather, while others don’t. A particular little bird that we get at our hummingbird feeder at home is one who (I think) does not like the cold temperatures. The Anna’s Hummingbird. The only hummingbird on Vancouver Island that stays put all winter (mainly in Victoria). Hummingbirds, like all living organisms, need food. They mainly feed on the nectar from flowers but in order for those flowers to be accessible, it needs to be semi-warm. Most hummingbird species are found in Central and South America. When I went to Ecuador two years ago, I must have seen about 25 different species of hummers. Back to my point, the Anna’s Hummingbird has become reliant on humans and the feeders they put out for them. So many people have started putting hummingbird feeders (a mixture of sugar and water, usually in a red circular feeder because the colour red attracts them) out for them in Victoria that they have mostly stopped their migration patterns to a warmer climate in search of food, because there are now food sources here for them. The most important thing you can do if you put a feeder out, is to keep putting it out with food throughout the winter because their life can become dependent on it. Since it has been below freezing point, the food we put out for them quickly freezes. It is important to keep thawing it out and refilling it. When it was snowing, we had to put a cone over the feeder because the snow kept covering it up. When we had a snow day, I stood outside for about 10 minutes, watching them, as well as other birds, come and go at our feeders as a tried to take photos of them. I noticed than, that the Anna’s Hummingbird had stayed in our tree all day and whenever we brought the feeder in to change the food, it would wait patiently then come buzzing down for a drink.