http://www.hummingbirdresearch.com Houtman lab, CSUF Biological Science Mon, 17 May 2010 20:01:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Uyen arrives at the lab from the field with a hummingbird safely carried in a bag. http://www.hummingbirdresearch.com/?p=310 http://www.hummingbirdresearch.com/?p=308 Erin and I catching a female Costa's Hummingbird. We have been having very good luck trapping females at the nest. We are still working on the best way to catch male Costa's on territories. After we catch them, we quickly band them, take a couple of feathers ... http://www.hummingbirdresearch.com/?p=301 On Saturday, our research site in Deep Canyon was visited by a flotilla of golf carts. The golf carts, about 20 in all, carried almost 40 visitors from the neighboring Reserve. The Reserve is a gated community, complete with golf course, and is home to some of my favorite ... http://www.hummingbirdresearch.com/?p=286 I was walking above the wash this week with Bethany and Wade, and a pair of Costa's fluttered and spun by us at about shoulder height. It was hard to see clearly, but the male appeared to be hanging on to the back of the female ... http://www.hummingbirdresearch.com/?p=278