Jim and everybody,

I will be covering the mall and environs on the DC Christmas Count tomorrow 
morning.  I would appreciate any news about the hummer (or other birds of 
interest) as soon as possible.  My cell phone is 202-413-8351.

Steve Pretl

Wash DC

At 12:13 PM 12/17/2004, you wrote:
>A hummingbird was reported yesterday in the Mary Ripley
>Garden, between the A&I building and the Hirshhorn
>Museum on the National Mall.  I saw it early this
>morning (a buzzing dark form zooming off).  I put up the
>hummingbird feeder (same place as last year, on the Mall
>side of the garden, next to the A&I Building).  I have not been
>able to spend any time to see if anything is coming to the
>feeder.  More later, if there is more to tell.
>
>                     Jim
>
>Jim Felley
>Smithsonian Institution
>