I think you've got a female yellow warbler there - the males are a very bright yellow. It's relatively shy bird that spends most of it's time in the tree tops. Very cool! I'm not sure how she's reaching the nectar, but maybe she's finding bugs to eat that are also attracted to the nectar. She might help keep the dreaded ants and bees away. Consider her a bonus and keep an eye out for her mate.

Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Great-crested Flycatcher, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, and female Scarlet Tanager...don't know of too many species that have that greenish body and dark wings. BN

Thanks! Still behind; I have another web album of photos I've not yet posted. We camped in the yard last night as usual in our screen tent, and apparently the jaguar is back..the dogs suddenly went crazy and we heard the strangest, loudest noises. I went online and found some of what we heard on this link-scroll down to audio clip http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/jaguar.html Besides the wails, grunts, rumbles, it also kept making explosive snorts..like an alarmed deer, except MUCH louder, more explosive, lower down, and dragged on and on until my bones vibrated. It seemed the sound wrapped around the tent, and I didn't know where to point the huge spotlight we keep next to us. DuBois plant to take a tape recorder with us this time, in case it returns. I also plan to download jaguar sounds and play them next to my web cams on the hill to see if we can lure it in for a photo. We've not seen its tracks since this march..guess it has a huge territory. Our neighbor was approached by a half grown black jaguar while hunting on our property in the fall of 2006 so it should nearly mature now. Just this spring, another neighbor a few miles away spotted a black jaguar on his farm, so it's still alive. Photo of suspected jaguar track, click on "full screen" http://picasaweb.google.com/rachelbro3/BigFootTracksScat#5317982295991557506

Beak looks WAY too big for a warbler IMHO. Maybe check on Western Tanager (female) also; field marks are too difficult to see on the photo, but if you see her often, you could narrow it down by checking specific field marks, song, flight pattern, size, habitat, etc. Check some more possiblities on the web site I linked below. Or post her pic on the Birding Forum for experts on birds other than blue, LOL. To make it easier for them, add your location to your MyPage. BlueBars Here is a link that might be useful: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/