After this weekend, five Rufous Hummingbirds in Tennessee & Kentucky are now sporting shiny new aluminum jewelry. Two were here in the Nashville area on Saturday, and the other three were in Kentucky, with two in Bowling Green and one in Russellville. The Kentucky trip was a last minute decision late Saturday evening after determining that there were three birds within a close area not too far from Nashville. I have updated my TN-KY Winter Hummer page (see URL below) to reflect the weekend's efforts, in addition to a recent banding trip through east Tennessee by Fred Moore, which yielded an exciting recapture of a Rufous Hummingbird in Sevierville that was originally banded in February in Tallahassee, Florida by Fred Bassett. At this time, an unprecedented 17 birds are still believed to be present in TN & KY. At least 9 more have already come and gone. A banner year already, to say the least, and we've barely started! http://home.comcast.net/~chris.sloan/WinterHummers.html Chris Sloan Nashville, TN=20 ================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBERS============== The BIRDKY Mailing List requires you to sign your messages with first & last name, city, & state abbreviation. -------------------------------------------------- To post to this mailing list, send e-mail to: birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: birdky-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject line. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Kentucky Ornithological Society web site at http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * BIRDKY List Manager: Gary Ritchison, Richmond, KY E-mail: gary.ritchison@xxxxxxx