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Collector: Grinnell - 1925
Location: Mineral, 4800 ft.
Date: July 2
Page Number: 2514

was just building, tho [sic] the nest seemed nearly
ready for eggs. I climbed up and by string found
the rim of the nest to be very close to 30 feet
above the ground. It rested upon a party disintegrated
cone, like scores of others on the old branches all
about. This particular half-cone was attached to a
twig which was grown off directly beneath
a larger limb (1 1/2 in diam.). The nest was out 3 feet from the
main bole of the tree, at that point about 10 inches
in diameter. The nest was thus [illustration of tree]
well sheltered from directly above. [illustration of tree continued]
This find indicates what I suspected, namely, that the
female Calliope Hummers are nesting rather
remotely from the trysting places where the males have
their "stands."

A further find was the nest of Hammond Flycatcher;
[female symbol] shot, but nest not as yet reached. Found by watching
the two birds, Mrs. G. one and I the other. These
we had located by hearing the rather weak
"see-put" note. My bird finally led me to the nest,
about 25 feet up, near the forking end of a long
out-swaying branch, fully 8 feet from the trunk
(lodgepole). The bird alighted on the edge of the
nest appeared to feed, whether a mate or
young birds I could not tell. Later a bird coming
to the nest was shot and proved to be the
[female symbol] with glandular breast. The site of this
nest, as with Hoffmann's (p. 2490), is thus totally

Collector: Grinnell - 1925
Location: Mineral, 4800 ft.
Date: July 2
Page Number: 2514

was just building, tho [sic] the nest seemed nearly
ready for eggs. I climbed up and by string found
the rim of the nest to be very close to 30 feet
above the ground. It rested upon a party disintegrated
cone, like scores of others on the old branches all
about. This particular half-cone was attached to a
twig which was grown off directly beneath
a larger limb (1 1/2 in diam.). The nest was out 3 feet from the
main bole of the tree, at that point about 10 inches
in diameter. The nest was thus [illustration of tree]
well sheltered from directly above. [illustration of tree continued]
This find indicates what I suspected, namely, that the
female Calliope Hummers are nesting rather
remotely from the trysting places where the males have
their "stands."

A further find was the nest of Hammond Flycatcher;
[female symbol] shot, but nest not as yet reached. Found by watching
the two birds, Mrs. G. one and I the other. These
we had located by hearing the rather weak
"see-put" note. My bird finally led me to the nest,
about 25 feet up, near the forking end of a long
out-swaying branch, fully 8 feet from the trunk
(lodgepole). The bird alighted on the edge of the
nest appeared to feed, whether a mate or
young birds I could not tell. Later a bird coming
to the nest was shot and proved to be the
[female symbol] with glandular breast. The site of this
nest, as with Hoffmann's (p. 2490), is thus totally