Thanks for sharing your sighting. January 17 does sound rather early for fledgling Anna¡¯s.
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On February 18, 2016 this article appeared about Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart monitoring an Anna¡¯s Hummingbird nest outside his office window, and seeing 2 tiny eggs!
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For the first time in 10 years of watching hummingbirds at my feeder, I witnessed Anna¡¯s Hummingbirds mating. That was 3 days ago on January 14th, at minus 7 Celsius.
I¡¯m attaching two photos of what appears to be a very newly fledged Anna¡¯s, which came to my feeder at about 8:30 am when the temperature was zero to minus one, and just sat there shivering with its eyes mostly closed.? When the sun started shining on the feeder it clearly perked up and started feeding occasionally, but it stayed there for about four hours and finally disappeared about 12:30 pm.? Its back was the usual iridescent green, and its bill was very small and thin (not immediately obvious in these telephoto shots).
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I know that Anna¡¯s nest very early, but this is January 17!? I would not have been surprised if it had been late February or early March.
