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Re: Black-chinned at Pawleys Island, SC



hehehehe...yet another eagle-eyed Carolina birder.  ;-)  'Twas the bird that
flew. the host remained on terra firma.
I don't have any bands big enough for human-types. Interesting thought,
though. Shouldn't be too difficult to recapture whunadoze. After all, I know
where that one's roost is...

Thanks!
gary

Gary Phillips
Conway, SC
 Zone 8
walela@sccoast.net
"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing's going to get
better. It's not." (Dr. Seuss, "The Lorax")
-----Original Message-----
From: BILL HILTON JR Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History
<hilton@hiltonpond.org>
To: Gary Phillips <walela@sccoast.net>; CAROLINA BIRDS
<carolinabirds@duke.edu>
Date: Monday, November 12, 2001 9:44 PM
Subject: Re: Black-chinned at Pawleys Island, SC


>GARY . . .
>
>Great work, again!
>
>I'm only unclear about one thing. You say, "the homeowner held an
>adult female Black-chinned in her hand, and then off she flew." Was
>it the hummingbird or the homeowner that took off, and--if the
>latter--did you band her, also?  :-)
>
>Keep it up,
>
>
>BILL
>
>*********
>
>>Hi y'all,
>>     This past Sat. I went down to Pawleys Island, SC to check out a bird.
>>The bird timed its arrival to mine. The homeowner said "there it is" and I
>>turned to see a dingy-looking hummer paddling its tail while feeding like
>>(so far as I know, yet) only a Black-chinned paddles its tail. Uhhhh...I
got
>>a major shot of adrenaline out of that.
>>     i set up and trapped the bird right away. The bird's plumage was, in
a
>>word, awful. But it was feisty and bright-eyed, so we continued. In a
short
>>while, the homeowner held an adult female Black-chinned in her hand, and
>>then off she flew.
>>     I stayed around waiting to see if I could observe the bird awhile. In
10
>>mins. it was back at the feeder. As it foraged in the top of some Wax
>>Myrtle, the host and I both were surprised to find that they had another
>>hummer! A fem/imm Selasphorus charged out of the shrubbery and chased the
>>Black-chinned across the yard. This bird never went about the feeder, so
now
>>I'm waiting for the first frost. For that one and at least two others. ;-)
>>     Pretty cool, 3 hummer species in my "backyard" already this winter.
And
>>it ain't even winter yet.
>>     Wait 'til y'all hear what Ms. Susan found...
>>
>>Cheers,
>>gary
>>Gary Phillips
>>Conway, SC
>>  Zone 8
>>walela@sccoast.net
>>"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing's going to get
>>better. It's not." (Dr. Seuss, "The Lorax")
>
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>
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