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First Fledgling Hummer
- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu (CAROLINA BIRDS)
- Subject: First Fledgling Hummer
- From: "BILL HILTON JR. (Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History)"<hilton@hiltonpond.org>
- Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 07:30:36 -0400
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
HI . . .
To follow up on an earlier thread, today (9 June) at 7:10 am I
trapped and banded the first fledgling Ruby-throated Hummingbird
(RTHU) of the year at Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural
History, near York SC.
The bird, a male with rather heavy dark green streaking on its
throat, tied the earliest date for a fledgling hummer here at Hilton
Pond.
This bird had an extremely short bill measurement (13.5 mm), compared
to a typical male measure of 15-17 mm, indicating that the bill was
probably not yet fully formed.
The bird was the 28th RTHU banded this year at Hilton Pond, making
this the third fastest start I've have since hummingbird banding
began here in 1984.
Cheers,
BILL
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BILL HILTON JR., "The Piedmont Naturalist"
Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History
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watch the sunset."
BHjr.
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