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To: Uncle Frank who wrote (8570)	8/4/2004 12:40:23 PM
From: Crocodile	Respond to of 21646

UF, I just read your small treatise on hummingbird behaviour. Fascinating! I watch them quite a bit, but just casually, so I didn't know about the mating behaviour. Pretty neat! I've just seen young hummingbirds end up in that position the first few times they come to the feeders. Some of them catch on right away, while others do a sort of modified dipping-bird thing and occasionally get going too far and end up flipped upside down. I've seen young crows do the same on a tree branch that's too small for them and they'll just hang upside down cawing at their mother to come and save them (quite hilarious to watch). When I was about 5 or 6, I found what looked to be a dead hummingbird resting on top of a large bass leaf in our yard. There had been a severe frost during the night and I guess it got too cold the for the hummer. However, as it rested in the palm of my hand, it began to move slightly and was okay and flew off a few minutes later. * btw, I believe you've well earned your title: Hummingbird Hunter, Egret Stalker Dilettante Appassionato