[Bristol-Birds] Selasphorus banded & I.D.

Mark Armstrong from the Knoxville zoo captured and banded ³my² hummingbird
yesterday afternoon.  It is, as I had suspected after watching it for days,
an adult female rufous hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus).  The bird didn¹t
return to the feeder yesterday afternoon, but showed up at the feeder this
morning and fed on the fly (she usually sits).  Hopefully she will relax
after a while.  It was very interesting to observe the entire
capture/banding procedure.

Kathy Noblet
Johnson City, TN

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