[obol] Sad end for a Rufous Hummingbird - Specimen available
- From: "A & S Hill" <60stops2home@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Tweeters" <tweeters@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 15:20:46 -0700
Tweeters and OBOLers,
I had a heartbreaking "ringside view" today of the death throes of a male
Rufous Hummingbird. He showed up on the nectar feeder around 12:15,
struggling to swallow. Many more hummingbirds tried to scare him away, but
his eyes were closed. I watched for a while and realized he was near death,
so I set a padded bucket just under the feeder. After an hour of struggling
to stay on the perch, he finally fell. On my flickr photostream is a to a
mercifully short video as he fell into the bucket: https://flic.kr/p/nX8oYs
Hopefully I can locate an interested party with a permit to collect him.
Amy Hill
Kalama, Washington
628 feet up in Cowlitz County
60stops 2 home at kalama dot com
Artlessfun at yahoo dot com
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