From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Tue Aug 5 09:23:38 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h75GKvdd004970 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 5 Aug 2003 09:20:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.slac.stanford.edu (smtp.slac.stanford.edu [134.79.18.80]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h75GJevj004914 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 5 Aug 2003 09:19:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from CONVERSION-DAEMON.smtp.slac.stanford.edu by smtp.slac.stanford.edu (PMDF V6.1-1 #37665) id <[[email protected]]> for [[email protected]]; Tue, 05 Aug 2003 09:19:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtpserv1.slac.stanford.edu (smtpserv1.slac.stanford.edu [134.79.18.81]) by smtp.slac.stanford.edu (PMDF V6.1-1 #37665) with ESMTP id <[[email protected]]> for [[email protected]]; Tue, 05 Aug 2003 09:19:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from SLACVX.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU ([134.79.144.12]) by smtpserv1.slac.stanford.edu (PMDF V6.1-1 #37665) with ESMTP id <[[email protected]]> for [[email protected]]; Tue, 05 Aug 2003 09:19:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from SLACVX.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU by SLACVX.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU (PMDF V5.2-32 #37499) id <[[email protected]]> for [[email protected]]; Tue, 05 Aug 2003 09:19:34 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2003 09:19:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Al Eisner <[[email protected]]> To: [[email protected]] Message-id: <[[email protected]]> X-VMS-To: IN%"[[email protected]]" MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT Subject: [SBB] Re: Black-chinned Hukmingbird - 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]] Kris wrote: > 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 tried once for this nest but didn't locate it. And street noise made it virtually impossible to locate hummingbirds by sound. Just where is it? (I found a lot of territory "across the street" from the house Bill mentioned.) > 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. I concur -- this must be the most difficult birding location I've yet been to in Santa Clara Co. On an unrelated topic: Re House finches -- in my recent post on a walk along Coyote Creek, I forgot to mention that, while House Finch was, as usual, the most abundant bird, their numbers seemed way down from the literal hordes I've seen there in past years. I wonder if this is just a local thing, although there seemed to be quite a few unused elderberries around. Is there more solid information on numbers from, say, CCFS banding? Thanks. Al Eisner _______________________________________________ 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]]