[EBB Sightings] Anna's Hummingbird nest site in west Berkeley

Birders:

A posting about an Annas's Hummingbird nest on another listserv 
prompted me to report this nest location in Berkeley.  I do so because 
I think it will be fairly easy to spot, and the nest is high enough to 
be out of danger from birders or others.  I discovered the nest on 
Saturday morning, at the beginning of the GGAS trip I led to Eastshore 
State Park in Berkeley.

Drive to the foot of University Avenue in Berkeley.  Turn right 
(north), then immediately right again into the parking lot closest to 
Skates Restaurant.  Park in the rightmost (southerly) side, about six 
cars back from the west end of the lot.  From the back of your parked 
car, examine the pines above and slightly north of you, pines that 
overhang the middle of the parking area between your car and the 
parking lane just to your north.  You should soon see a female Anna's 
(maybe Anna herself??) appearing with food, heading to a grayish 
cup-like nest decorated with lichen that's placed on the underside of a 
pine near a couple of pine cones.  I found the nest about 8:10 am, when 
Anna was actively foraging and bringing food to her two nestlings.  
They were too small to be visible above the edge of the nest, but their 
presence was inferred because Anna "drilled" food into two different 
locations within the nest.  Morning might be best, because the light is 
favorable (the nest is on the east side of a pine), and Anna was 
foraging actively when we were there.

Enjoy.

Dave Quady
Berkeley, California
davequady at att.net