M. Pedow, 1942
Cerulean Hummingbird
E. Fork Sleep Creek, 5,500 ft., Kings Canyon Fresno Co, Calif.
May 30, 1942
She sat on the nest 12 minutes, until 12:18.
Flew off and was out of sight for a few moments.
Then, she was seen cleaning her beak on the
elder tree. She flew from perch to perch on the
elder, in the Golden Oak + so on as usual,
at 12:21, she flew back onto the nest without feeding
her young. She sat on the nest 2 min. (12:23) and
then took off. At 12:25, she appeared. First,
she pushed on the south side of the nest (1st
time she has ever been on any but the West side)
and started to feed her young. However, she pulled her
beak up and shifted position to the East edge of
the nest, her usual place, and proceeded to
feed the nestlings. This time, she gave
a downward jab, shaking her neck & pumped
quite vigorously, her feet apparently wet then
against the nestedge. Then she faced her beak &
seemed to lean over the side (N) of the nest; then,
she jabbed a little to the right with exactly the
same pumping motion and once more she dove
down over her young — she sat quite still for about 1
minute & then was off again. She was completely out of
sight for 6 minutes, on her return, she soared directly
to the nest & set directly down. She made no more
effort to feed her nestlings — this was the first time she
did not sit (again one (slightly 8:03 north) she faced South
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{"text": "M. Pedow, 1942\nCerulean Hummingbird\nE. Fork Sleep Creek, 5,500 ft., Kings Canyon Fresno Co, Calif.\nMay 30, 1942\nShe sat on the nest 12 minutes, until 12:18. Flew off and was out of sight for a few moments. Then, she was seen cleaning her beak on the elder tree. She flew from perch to perch on the elder, in the Golden Oak + so on as usual, at 12:21, she flew back onto the nest without feeding her young. She sat on the nest 2 min. (12:23) and then took off. At 12:25, she appeared. First, she pushed on the south side of the nest (1st time she has ever been on any but the West side) and started to feed her young. However, she pulled her beak up and shifted position to the East edge of the nest, her usual place, and proceeded to feed the nestlings. This time, she gave a downward jab, shaking her neck & pumped quite vigorously, her feet apparently wet then against the nestedge. Then she faced her beak & seemed to lean over the side (N) of the nest; then, she jabbed a little to the right with exactly the same pumping motion and once more she dove down over her young — she sat quite still for about 1 minute & then was off again. She was completely out of sight for 6 minutes, on her return, she soared directly to the nest & set directly down. She made no more effort to feed her nestlings — this was the first time she did not sit (again one (slightly 8:03 north) she faced South"}