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look at back, but it appeared to be black or brownish black; sat still, turning head from side to side, spreading tail a few times, beady eyes flashing. He darted several feet away and furiously "buzzed" a Parula several times as it fed along a limb, then swang in a beautiful pendulum arc of abut 20 inches radius for perhaps ten or 15 flashing swings, before returning to same twig. After a moment or two, he flashed away north, across Dark Pool, disappearing in the woods. [Bill slightly shorter than R.T.]
Ten minutes later, going west on the track, toward Lee Blvd., almost to the trestle at Jack in Pulpit clearing, I heard the twittering of a [[underlined]] Ruby Throated Hummingbird [[/underlined]] in back of me. He poised before wild