From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Tue Jul 29 23:01:47 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h6U602Ff018137 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 29 Jul 2003 23:00:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rwcrmhc11.comcast.net (rwcrmhc11.comcast.net [204.127.198.35]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h6U5wVkK018098 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 29 Jul 2003 22:58:35 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> Received: from rwcrwbc04 (unknown[204.127.197.114](misconfigured sender)) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc11) with SMTP id <2003073005583001300oqbboe>; Wed, 30 Jul 2003 05:58:30 +0000 Received: from [12.234.165.24] by rwcrwbc04; Wed, 30 Jul 2003 05:58:27 +0000 From: [[email protected]] To: [[email protected]] (SBB Chat Group) Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 05:58:27 +0000 X-Mailer: AT&T Message Center Version 1 (Jul 22 2003) X-Authenticated-Sender: YmlyZGVybW9tQGNvbWNhc3QubmV0 Subject: [SBB] Black-chinned Hummingbird on nest 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]] Hi! On July 25, 2003 at 7:40am, I went looking for the BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD. I found a female about 50' beyond the end of the fence moving towards Malone from Curtner on Almaden Road. Her long beak and whitish sides were the signs I used to identify her. She had faint small streaks under her throat as well as a slim stature. She dipped under some leaves on a vine climbing a tree trunk. I followed her with my binoculars and found her nest. She was feeding young in the nest. After feeding it (them?), she tried to sit on the nest, but ended up kind on sitting at a tilt on the side due to a little hummer who's 1/2" size dark wobbly head poked up on the other side of the nest (it can't be comfortable to lay on young with such needle-like beaks!). She readjusted three more times, first facing me, then to the other side, then away from me. The little head slipped back into the nest, but I got the feeling it was a little crowded in there. The nest was larger than an Anna's and had a more conical look to it. It was light in color (can't figure out what it would have been made of) and sort of lumpy on the outside, but it blended well with the vine, while leaving her with good visibility. Great birding! Jean Myers _______________________________________________ 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]]