Newsgroups: rec.birds
Path: utzoo!snell
From: snell@utzoo.uucp (snell)
Subject: Re: Xantus Hummingbird -- What is it paired with?
Message-ID: <1988Feb24.151422.15862@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 88 15:14:22 GMT


In article  <15792@oliveb.olivetti.com>, mjm@oliven.UUCP  writes:

>	I thought that you all might be interested in the fact that there
>is a Black-Fronted ( Xantus ) Hummingbird in Ventura, Ca. This is a Mexican
>species and is normally found at the southern end of Baja. From what I hear,
>this is the first U.S. record in 70 years. I just came back from a weekend trip
>to the L.A. area and had a chance to see it. It built a nest in someone's
>backyard and is evidently incubating eggs ( no one knows whether they are
>fertile or not ). [...]

This is interesting.  Perhaps you could tell us if there are two, or, if
it is hybridizing, what species is it paired up with.

I assume that if 700 people have gone to see it, there is little doubt
as to its true identity.
-- 
Name:   Richard Snell
Mail:   Dept. Zoology, Univ. Toronto
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