Hi Tweeters

After reading some of the recent messages about the return of swallows and
hummingbirds, I thought a glimpse at some tropical hummers might entice
birders to take a trip SOUTH!!

The next volume of the Handbook of the Birds of the World (handbook only in
the sense one needs a packhorse to carry more than one volume in the field!)
seems to be progressing well with a July release date. They have posted a
preview of 8 of the pages (hummingbords) at:

http://www.hbw.com/status/index.html#plate501

As they mention each page is 'clickable' to full screen - impressive.
Also, interesting is the slight difference but general consistency between
the artists.

Bob Taylor
Sumner, WA
taylorrt at msn.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Ruth Sullivan <godwit at worldnet.att.net>
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Date: Thursday, March 04, 1999 5:36 PM
Subject: Wild Currant and Hummingbirds.


>Hello Tweeters,
> I am to my delight read about the first arrival of the Rufous
>Hummingbirds.Ibeen having my feeder out a week ago.But the most reliable
>source are one of my 5 Wild Currant plant's. Every year sofar when i see
>the red buds comming up, i will get my first male Rufous Hummingbird. I
>Checked today and to my surprised, there are pink buds showing on one the
>earlier plants. The Hummingbird are usual going on the Currant first, so
>i have to realy keep my eyes open to see if there arrived. One year we had
>Hummers comming, it took them several days before there went to the feeder.
>Ruth Sullivan