Summer of the Hummer at Shade Ranch
Margaret Dunlap recounts a rare green violet ear hummingbird that visited Shade Ranch near Wimberley for weeks in summer 1975. Birders from Texas, California, Canada and beyond swarmed the feeder, chasing the elusive visitor as officials and locals tracked the dazzling bird and its brief daily appearances.
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Margaret Dunlop
Shade Ranch
Mexico
Henry Dunlaps
Wimberley
Dunlaps
Henry
Sam Johnsons
Golden Pavilion
Delight Hoffman
Whittier
California
Hazel Green
Hazel
Austin
Shade
Margaret Dunlap
Woodrow Wilson High
Dallas
John
Barbara Ribble
Barbara
Nila Ruth Copeland
Rose Ann Rowlett
Texas
San Antonio
Houston
Plano
Arlington
Comfort
Kerrville
Portland
Universal City
Bob Ake
Norfolk
Virginia
Washington, D.C
Bethesda
Maryland
Lancaster
Massachussetts
Ontario
Canada
Florida
Paul Sykes
U.S. Parks
W. Graham Metson
U.S. Department of State
Washington
Charles Easley
Cleburne
Roland Waller
National Park Service
Big Bend
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Benton Basham
Chattanooga
Tennessee
Daniel Guthrie
Claremont College
Jim Tucker
Birding
Ann Follis
San Francisco
Henry Dunlap
Sam Johnson
Victoria
Beaumont
Corpus Christi
Margaret
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Rivolt
Wimberley Poodle Shop
S & L Drug Mart
Frank Svacina
Wimberley Square
P. O. Box
Wimberley, Texas
Charles Waldrip, Jr
Carol Burton
Jim McCrocklin
Virgil Sayre
P.O. Box