Date: 4/8/26 7:10 pm From: Connor Christensen via groups.io <connor.r.christensen...> Subject: [southbaybirds] Black-chinned Hummingbird at Los Gatos Creek Trail - Meridian Ave.
I had visited the Los Gatos Creek trail a few times over the last week, looking for Black-chinned Hummingbirds without success. Today, Garrett Lau found a male along the creek, and I found the bird later in the exact same spot. It likes to perch in a bare 45-degree angle tree in the middle of the creek just west of the bridge at approximately 37.300704,-121.921607. Garrett was able to get some good pictures that he attached to his checklist https://ebird.org/checklist/S318912926.
I had been looking for Black-chinned Hummingbirds in anticipation of my upcoming Bird-a-thon team. The Hummy Pot will be staking out the Magic Tree at Ed Levin County Park, Spring Valley area, looking for migrating Rufous, Allen's, and hopefully Calliope hummingbirds. After that, we will head to the Los Gatos Creek trail to look for Black-chinned Hummingbirds. My hope is to get as many county hummingbird species as we can. If you are interested, join The Hummy Pot team on Sunday, April 19th, by signing up here. https://ticketbud.com/events/079990b4-0860-11f1-a65a-42010a717005
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