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From: jbm@safn2.UUCP (John McClatchey)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Hitch-hiking migrants
Keywords: Hummingbirds
Message-ID: <510@safn2.UUCP>
Date: 2 Aug 90 19:11:52 GMT
Organization: Southern Aluminum Finishing, Atlanta, GA
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Recent discussion of Hummingbird copulation reminded me
of a story I heard about Hummingbirds.  It think I've
heard it from several sources, but I couldn't think of a
reference. The story was that some hummingbirds have
been verified "riding" geese and other large birds
across the Gulf of Mexico.  Is this true? a joke?
an old wives tale?  It does seem very difficult to
figure out how a hummingbird could travel across the
Gulf without eating, since it has such a rapid
metabolism.  I would think it might "run out of gas".