NAN . . .
This is not the only reason why you are the Queen of Hummingbird Banders. :-)
Hugs,
BILL
On Oct 18, 2022, at 10:10 PM, nancy <nancy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Bill et al,
I received myself permit in July 1979 and I have been banding ever since.
Titanium Nan
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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
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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. :-)
Happy Nature Watching!
BILL
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