After this weekend, five Rufous Hummingbirds in Tennessee & Kentucky are now sporting shiny new aluminum jewelry. Two were here in the Nashville area on Saturday, and the other three were in Kentucky, with two in Bowling Green and one in Russellville. The Kentucky trip was a last minute decision late Saturday evening after determining that there were three birds within a close area not too far from Nashville. I have updated my TN-KY Winter Hummer page (see URL below) to reflect the weekend's efforts, in addition to a recent banding trip through east Tennessee by Fred Moore, which yielded an exciting recapture of a Rufous Hummingbird in Sevierville that was originally banded in February in Tallahassee, Florida by Fred Bassett. At this time, an unprecedented 17 birds are still believed to be present in TN & KY. At least 9 more have already come and gone. A banner year already, to say the least, and we've barely started! http://home.comcast.net/~chris.sloan/WinterHummers.html Chris Sloan Nashville, TN=20 =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. ----------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================