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Contributed by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.
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10:36 - About 25 ft. to columbine
Probes into each blossom 3-2-3-4-5-1-2-3-4-5
10:37 - Chased another hummer, chattering.
Back to perch #2.
Probing columbine
10:38 - Back to perch #1 - exact same twig.
Off to chase another hummer, 150 ft.
Feeding on columbine (4-9.)
Wings beating on leaves - Bee bothered
10:40 - To same pinetree as before, same twig.
Surveying territory and observers.
10:41 - Chasing another hummer, "Tzee!" in flight
Back to perch #2
Other birds seem ok. in his territory
10:49 - Feeding on columbine
10:51 - Perch #1 again, facing south
10:52 - Chasing hummer about 100 ft. away
10:52½ - Perch #2, facing west.
- Chasing hummer
- Return to perch #2
- Flashing bright copper band on throat, with scarcely any body movements.