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Hummingbirds near Scotts Valley

Dawn in May comes very early, but I needed to set up the traps for the ongoing hummingbird banding project on our deck in the Santa Cruz Mountains. (Trapping begins 30 minutes before sunrise and continues for 5 hours of trapping, banding and recording.) No matter how early, the thought of learning more about hummingbirds would get my blood flowing and my energy up. In March of 2007 hummingbird banding commenced and continued every two

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