While doing butterfly censusing on Nicolai Mt this afternoon
I got very good looks at a surprisingly cooperative female
BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD. Nicolai Mt is the second highest
peak in Clatsop Co. Black-chins have been reported from
Saddle Mt in previous years, but this is the first non-spring
migrant I have come across for the county.

The bird was sitting in the broken top of a Silver fir about
100m down the road from the communications installation.
Also seen there were an adult and a juvenile GRAY JAY.

http://home.pacifier.com/~mpatters/obrc/humm20000729.jpg

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