THE GALAl NEl^7S -
AUGUST 20, 1970
RIGE 8A
NOTICE
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BOARD
OF TRUSTEES OF HIGHLANDS^CA SH--
lERS HOSPITAL WILL BE AN OPEN
MEETING TO THE PUBLIC AND WILL
BE HELD AT THE SCHOOL' AUDITORIUM
ON THURSDAY AUGUST 27, 1970 AT
EIGHT 0^CLOCK P^M^
THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ATTEND9
MRS, VAL PIERSON
SECRETARY
HUMIHNGBIRD
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new born spiders which she gleans from
the underside of fresh leaves. To feed
the young the mother's long bill goes
down the baby's throat and the food is
placed carefully in the crcp. No messy
feeding in this family•
VJhen at last the babies are ready
to leave the nest they spring from the
rim and are off on the first try. They
need little teaching, for they seem to
know how to gather the tiny insects and
how to suck the nectar from the bright
flowers. Their cares with this brood
over, the parent birds sometimes begin
anew and raise a second brood.
Then in September cmes the urge
to travel south. By the middle of the
month in this area our "regular board-
ers" are usually gone although we may
HUMMEIGBIRD (Cont'd)
see a few stragglers after that. One
lonesome little Ruby-throat came through
on the 2lith of last October trying hard
to find a bit of nectar in the fei'j'
flowers which were left in the garden.
Most of our hummingbirds go to
Mexico and the tropics although a few
may spend the winter in South Florida if
they can find a good supply of food.
Blooming aloes seem to furnish an
abundant supply and the birds will winter
close to them.
Then when spring comes the Raby-
throats which have wintered in Mexico
and farther south gather on the north
ern coast of the Yucatan peninsula.
From there they take off across the
Gulf of I-fexico, a non-stop flight of
some five or six hundred miles. After
that they probably come north rather
sloTirly with several stops for rest and
feeding. Some of them go as far north
as the Gulf of St. Lawrence and Saskat
chewan but those who come to this
vicinity reach us before the end of
April when the Vaseyl azalea is in blonm
I'feny people are convinced that some of
the same birds come back from year to
year for they will take what nectar
they can from the azalea blooms and then
come looking for the feeders where they
were hanging the year before.
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