The hummingbird section of the LSU stomach collection is an amazing snapshot
at what hummingbirds actually eat. Wild array of different insects.

Best
Rob

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Robert C. Faucett
Collections Manager
Ornithology
Burke Museum
Box 353010
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-3010
Office: 206-543-1668
Cell: 206-619-5569
Fax: 206-685-3039
rfaucett at uw.edu
www.washington.edu/burkemuseum
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http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/collections/genetic/index.php



> From: Bill Anderson <billandersonbic at yahoo.com>
> Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:05:24 -0800 (PST)
> To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Subject: [Tweeters] Re: Hummingbirds hunting gnats.
>
> Richard: those are great shots.
>
> I have taken hundreds of?photos of the?Anna's hummingbird which resides at the
> north end of the Edmonds marsh next to the doggy daycare.? The bird has 4-5
> perches where it regularly poses for me.??? I had read that hummingbirds eat
> insects.? One day while examining my day's photos on the computer, ?I was
> surprised to see that I had three shots of the hummingbird tracking a small
> flying insect.? I did not realize that when I was taking the photos and I
> don't?know?whether or not it went?after the?bug. ?
> ?Bill Anderson; Edmonds, WA. ?
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