Bill et al,I received myself permit in July 1979 and I have been banding ever
since. Titanium Nan Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S10+, an AT&T 5G Evolution
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-------- Original message --------From: research@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: 10/18/22
7:25 PM (GMT-06:00) To: humband@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [humband] Re: [humband]
[humband] Hilton Pond (09/16/22) More Fall Migrants And A Black-shrouded Mob🐦
RON . . . Good to hear from you, and thanks for reading “This Week at Hilton
Pond." I hope winter hasn’t come to soon for you.Several people in the U.S. are
wing-tagging Black Vultures, including Hawk Mountain Sanctuary in Pennsylvania
and the U.S. Department of Agriculture elsewhere.My last new RTHU was banded
here on 2 October, so I’m about a month behind you. I had a few already-banded
trap junkies for a few days after that.I got my hummingbird authorization in
1984—two years after I started Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural
History—so I’ve been doing hummers for 39 of the 41 years here. Nancy Newfield
is a little ahead of me in hummingbird banding longevity, and perhaps one or
two more folks.Stay warm,BILL> On Oct 18, 2022, at 7:34 PM, Ron Jensen
<rjes@xxxxxxx> wrote:> > Hi, I read your latest post of banding results with
interest. > > The BLVU did a number on your nets which is very unfortunate.
Does anyone band BLVU with wing tags as have been done with TUVU and CACO?? > >
Stuart Houston and a group of Saskatchewan banders wing tagged, with green tag
white numbers/letters about 1500 TUVU. Stuart had put leg bands on years
earlier only to learn that vulture urine dissolved the aluminum band. TUVU were
taken off the list of bandable birds until the wing tag was developed and
approved for condors. > > My hummingbird banding for RTHU came to an end Sept
1. Very few RTHU were reported after Sept 5th. > Historically I presume, No
flowers blooming, not food, time to leave. I ask feeder people to leave their
feeders up in good condition until mid Sept to help the stragglers moving out
and the west coast vagrants who appear periodically. > > As a newer bander, 8
yrs in, your 41 years is impressive. Have been banding hummingbirds all this
time??> > Ron Jensen> Saskatoon, Saskatchewan > > Sent from my iPhone> >> On
Oct 18, 2022, at 1:27 PM, research@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:>> >> Fall migrants
like a Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Broad-winged Hawk, and colorful warblers
continued to move through the Carolina Piedmont "This Week at Hilton Pond," but
the real news for 15-30 September 2022 was a mob of big black birds that tore
up expensive mist nets used for banding. View our photos and read all about the
recent havoc in photo essay #787 at
http://www.hiltonpond.org/ThisWeek220916.html>> >> As always, we include a
sunset photo and lists of all birds banded or recaptured during the
period--including hummingbirds--plus acknowledgment of recent supporters. :-)>>
http://www.facebook.com/HiltonPond for timely updates on nature topics,>> andHappy Nature Watching!>> >> BILL>> >> >> Please "Like" our Facebook pages at
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