[TN-Bird] Update on TN-KY Winter Hummingbirds

Here's the lay of the land so far this fall in TN & KY.  Except where
indicated, all birds were documented by Portia Macmillan and/or me.

 9/21/02  RUHU HY-M  Nashville, TN (Davidson)
11/10/02  BTHL HY-U  Nashville, TN (Davidson) (first state record); L.O.
11/11/02
11/11/02  RUHU HY-M  unknown, TN (Anderson) (banded by Fred Moore)
11/13/02  RTHU HY-M  Lebanon, TN (Wilson)
11/16/02  RUHU AHY-F Franklin, KY (Warren) (recap - banded 1/13/01 in
Grayson, GA)
11/16/02  RUHU AHY-F White Bluff, TN (Dickson)
11/21/02  RTHU HY-M  Lebanon, TN (Wilson) (recap of 11/13 bird; new
location)
11/23/02  RUHU AHY-F Greeneville, TN (Greene)
11/23/02  RUHU AHY-F Johnson City, TN (Carter)
11/23/02  RUHU AHY-F Elizabethton, TN (Carter)
11/23/02  RUHU HY-M  Bristol, VA (Washington)
11/24/02  RUHU HY-F  Danville, KY (Boyle)
11/24/02  RUHU HY-M  Louisville, KY (Jefferson)
11/25/02  RUHU HY-M  Mt. Juliet, TN (Wilson)
11/29/02  RUHU HY-M  Vanleer, TN (Dickson)
11/29/02  RUHU HY-F  Dickson, TN (Dickson)

Here's a run-down on birds that are either waiting to be banded or
departed before banding could be attempted.  As you'll note, I have
incomplete information on many of these birds.

RUHU AHY-M in Knoxville, TN (Knox) - last seen September
BCHU AHY-M in Tellico, TN (Loudoun) - last seen October
RUHU AHY-M in Roan Mountain, TN (Carter) - last seen approx. 11/20/02
Selasphorus sp. in Brentwood, TN (Williamson) - status unknown; failed
attempt in Oct.
Selasphorus sp. in Taylorsville, KY (Spencer) - last seen approx.
11/19/02
Unknown (described as AHY-M RTHU) in West Liberty, KY (Morgan) - last
seen mid-November
Selasphorus sp. in Winchester, TN (Franklin) - last seen approx.
11/23/02
Selasphorus sp. in Sweetwater, TN (Monroe) - waiting to be banded
Selasphorus sp. in unknown, TN - waiting to be banded; Stacy Peterson is
in contact with host
Selasphorus sp. in Lewisburg, TN (Marshall) - status unknown
Unknown in Spring Hill, TN (Maury) - waiting to be banded
Unknown in Dickson, TN (Dickson) - same yard as Dickson RUHU; last seen
11/28/02

As you can see, we've been very busy lately.  I'm in the process of
collecting first observed dates on as many of these birds as I can round
up, and will post more on that later.

Chris Sloan
Nashville, TN

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