[SBB] Black-chinned Hummingbird (Guadalupe River)

[Bill Bousman <[[email protected]]>]

Folks:

I birded the Guadalupe River this morning, 5/22/2005, walking downstream 
from Curtner to below Malone (at the water tank).  I was just about skunked 
on BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRDS, although there were good numbers of 
pale-bellied birds which may well have been female Black-chins rather than 
juv. female Anna's.  On my way back, however, I found a female Black-chin 
with a nest (almost certainly the one Linda Sullivan found a week or so 
back) and shortly after I had a single male slightly upstream.

If you bird this stretch, it helps if you can pretend that there are no 
cars whizzing past most of the time.  Linda's nest is quite accessible and 
can probably be refound with patience (and also with little disturbance to 
the female as long as you stand beside the road).  The nest is in a locust 
of some sort across from 2190 Almaden Road.  There is a road sign here that 
says "NO Stopping at any time."  The nest is about 3 m above the ground and 
2 m north of the sign on a level branch in the locust.  It is most easily 
seen when the female pops in or out.  I believe she is still incubating.

Bill Bousman
Santa Clara County records compiler 

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