Sage Szkabarnicki-Stuart, Calypte anna, 2020
An Anna’s Hummingbird (Calypte anna) flies through a temperate rainforest in southern British Columbia, over 2000 km away from its original breeding grounds. In the 60s and 70s the Anna’s Hummingbird was able to expand its breeding grounds from Baja and Southern California to as far north as Canada thanks to gardeners and bird enthusiasts along the coast. Without the widespread planting of exotic ornamental plants and the popularity of bird feeders, the Anna’s Hummingbird would probably not have been able to expand its traditional territory as far north as we see today.