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Hummingbird return




HI . . .

Just thought I'd let you know that Ruby-throated Hummingbird #T85914, 
which was banded as an adult female here at Hilton Pond Center for 
Piedmont Natural History on 30 May 1997, returned and was recaptured 
on 23 April 2001. This makes her an "After-Fifth-Year" bird, i.e., at 
least five years old.

She has been captured at least once each year since the original 
banding. Thus she has made at least four round trips and two one-way 
migration trips to date; assuming she is wintering somewhere in 
Central America, she has probably put in about 12,000 migration 
miles, possibly more.

Ain't it amazing?


Happy Hummingbird Watching!

BILL
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BILL HILTON JR., "The Piedmont Naturalist"
Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History
1432 DeVinney Road, York, South Carolina 29745 USA
hilton@hiltonpond.org, (803) 684-5852, eFax: (503) 218-0845

Please visit our web sites at http://www.hiltonpond.org and
http://www.rubythroat.org

"Never trust a person too lazy to get up for sunrise or too busy to
watch the sunset."					BHjr.