Anna’s are here all year round, but I’m pretty sure the rufous is only a seasonal visitor still. Anna’s are green, rufous are a rusty reddish color (hence the name), so they are pretty easy to tell apart. The best time to spot them here is in the earlier spring, when the salmonberry and red-flowering currant bloom. I haven’t seen many rufous around in the past several years…but maybe that’s just because I have some really aggressive Anna’s who keep a close guard on “their” salmonberry and currant bushes in my yard? :)
