Field notes, v1540
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m. Redon 2 Colliepe Hummingbird May 21, 1942 - Sheep Creek, Kings Canyon Natl Parks Co, Calif. 2 eggs. Also into nest after reaching branch where stayed nest located, and zigzagging first to one side and then to the other, working away from the under the branch. treeby, until finally she would circle under over the lower onto the nest. In getting into nest she would once under it & then seem to step over the side & neatly settle in it. Twice I thought she stepped onto the side & then into the cup, resting just a fraction of a second at the edge of it. Nest situated in such a way as to be protected from view by a screen of leaves, and yet the bird sitting on it could look around her. Any move- ment down the path would send her from the nest. She stayed away only until she thought danger fairly clear & if we stood around long enough, after several false moves in the direction of the nest & then circuitous flight away, she would eventually take her zigzag parts to the nest. After we had disturbed her at first, she was still a little cautious. I would usually stop a second at the edge of a twig about 2 feet below the nest and a foot or so long. This was a bare twig & she was very conspicuous sitting on it. However, although while there were people around she would play on the rest only a few seconds at a time, when had