From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Mon Aug 4 23:31:42 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h756Shde027166 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 4 Aug 2003 23:28:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mta7.pltn13.pbi.net (mta7.pltn13.pbi.net [64.164.98.8]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h756RLvj027128 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 4 Aug 2003 23:27:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from KrisDesktop (adsl-64-169-18-243.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [64.169.18.243]) by mta7.pltn13.pbi.net (8.12.9/8.12.3) with ESMTP id h756RHeC003962 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 4 Aug 2003 23:27:17 -0700 (PDT) From: "Kris Olson" <[[email protected]]> To: "'South Bay Birders'" <[[email protected]]> Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2003 23:27:16 -0700 Message-ID: <024301c35b1a$9d778940$6601a8c0@KrisDesktop> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4510 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Importance: Normal Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by plaidworks.com id h756RLvj027128 Subject: [SBB] Black-chinned Hummingbird - Guadalupe X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2+ Precedence: list List-Id: South Bay Birding List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Errors-To: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Hello all, I found Bill Bousman’s Black-chinned Hummingbird nest today around 2pm. When I arrived, the nest was empty – except for the tops of two tiny little dark heads with bills that must be about ¼” long! Mom arrived shortly thereafter and had to sit way upright, stretching back, to feed her young. At one point she shoved her bill all the way down into one of the babies' mouth -- it looked so long that it must almost come out the other end! The mother did not stay long, maybe 1-2 minutes; she fed each baby twice and then took off. I did not see her again. The female had a touch of white behind her eye, light sides, and a LONG bill! Her wings were just a tad shorter than her tail, and she looks quite long and slim. The nest, by the way, blends perfectly with the 2 yellowish Sycamore leaves it is near. I walked down to where Jean Myers saw the other Black-chinned Hummingbird nest, closer to Curtner. I did get a short look at a female hummer in the bushes; this one had little lines all down her throat. Her bill did not look as long, but then, the first female was almost contorted trying to lean back to feed those babies. She, too, did not return and I could not locate her nest. There was a female Anna's feeding in the yard of 2190, and a pair of hummers zipped by. I am amazed how Bill managed to find the first female! The street is very busy and noisy. How did you ever decide to bird there? But it was a treat to see her in the middle of the chaos. Kris Olson Menlo Park, CA _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. south-bay-birds mailing list ([[email protected]]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://www.plaidworks.com/mailman/options/south-bay-birds/south-bay-birds-archive%40plaidworks.com This email sent to [[email protected]]