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From: mjm@oliven.olivetti.com (Michael Mammoser)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: News From Northern Virginia
Message-ID: <62571@oliveb.atc.olivetti.com>
Date: 20 Jul 90 16:06:57 GMT
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In article <35577@vrdxhq.verdix.com>, edm@vrdxhq.verdix.com (Ed Matthews) writes:
> From the homefront, the pair of RUBY THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS that frequent my
> salvia and coral bells were caught in the act of procreation while on the
> wing over the salvia around my patio.  

	You may want to carefully document this incident. If I'm
not mistaken, the currently accepted ornithological theory is that
copulating on the wing is unique to the swifts. A well-documented
case of its occurrence in another family might be of scientific
interest.

Mike