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[birdky] Re: late hummers
- From: "C. C. Murray" <ccmurray@xxxxxxxx>
- To: <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 10:23:06 -0500
> If the bird died from the stress of banding, it was almost certainly
nearly
> dead at the time of capture.
Then I can say with just as much certainty, that having at last found a
feeder that was still out, it was on the verge of survival. The balance
was tipped by a human hand.
> Thousands of Hummers are banded each year
> without known consequence to the health of the birds.
Not to those who survive, true. Different story for the few that don't.
Bud Murray
Crawfordsville IN
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