[texbirds] Sugar Land Hummer Banding

  • From: Mark Scheuerman <mark.scheuerman@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: TexBirds <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2013 08:12:45 -0600

We had a hummer banding session yesterday at my house. Sumita Prasad banded
six individual hummers. At least 2 known adult male Rufous hummers were
trap-shy and evaded the process. That's at least 8 individuals! The
hummers receiving their jewelry were:
1 adult male RUHU (after 2nd yr male)
1 imm male RUHU (2nd yr male)
2 adult female RUHU (after 2nd year females)
1 adult male BCHU (after HY male)
1 adult female BCHU(after HY female)

None of the birds were recaptures.

Pretty good number of hummers for January!

Mark Scheuerman
Sugar Land, TX


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