M. Redon, 1942 Colloquial Hemmingbird- E. Fork Deep Creek, 5,500ft, Kings Canyon Tract No. 6, Calif. May 30. speed & direction: I moved several feet further away from the nest - now she hovered closet the nest, still not going in. Finally, I wrote drew from my log and then sat to the NE. she came over almost immediately & sat down. after a few seconds upon the nest, she whipped about from place to place around the nest tree, stopping in mid-air about 4ft. from the ground for a full second, then jerking upwards several feet and after a moment, plunging in another direction. Without being for an instant out of my sight, she returned, pecked on the top of the nest, and began her downward jabs. First to one side - several (almost 4 jabs) + an upward pull of her beak. Then to the other side - several downward jabs and again the upward pull of the beak - back to the first side with two jabs & to the second with several jabs and then quickly settling down. Sat down for 1 minutes. Rewed out honked around for awhile. Back in about two minutes. In sight all the time. Sat down for almost 3 minutes, then out. Gone only about 1 minute's action. Then followed the featery described above. This time