Andrea Bradshaw: Hummingbird whisperer? Hummers enjoy a nosh at one of three Bradshaw feeders. Photo by Andrea Bradshaw, April 14, 2026. The return of spring means the local hummingbird population is out in force. And nowhere more so than in the Bradshaw/Wuetherick garden. Andrea Bradshaw has been feeding the local hummingbird population for four years, year round. She says she's careful about consistent feeding over the winter when the resident birds have no other natural fo

Anna's Hummingbirds already at work Photo of Anna's Hummingbird was taken in Lions Bay by Danielle Wills. Many residents know to avoid tree work during the songbird nesting season (mid-March – late August), but did you know our official Village bird, the Anna’s Hummingbird, is already nesting? By now the Anna’s mamas have eggs the size of jelly beans or even miniscule nestlings. Their toonie-sized homes are carefully engineered in shrubs and trees from plant fibres, spider we