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Fw: Hummer banding in TN / VA / GA



Thought the following message might be of some interest to folks.  Do we
have records of all the "foreign" hummers banded in the Carolinas?

Judy Murray,
Chapel Hill, NC


>Date:  Thu, 30 Nov 2000 18:09:49 -0600
>Sender: BB for Hummingbirds and Gardening for them in the Southeast
>
>From: "F. Moore" <fmoore@WWISP.COM>
>Subject: Hummer Banding in upper southeast.
>
>Humnet:
>
>I took a run through the UPPER Southeast this past week.  I was able
>to capture and band the following hummingbirds:
>
>After Hatch Year  F    Rufous    East Atlanta area  (This bird was
>recaptured by me, a week later at another residence, about 1/4mile
>away, across a moderately busy suburban street)
>After Hatch Year  F    Rufous    Rosedale, VA
>After Hatch Year  F    Rufous    Roanoke, VA
>After Hatch Year  F    Rufous    Gatlinburg, TN
>After Hatch Year  F    Rufous    Rockholds, KY
>Hatch Year        M   Rufous     Knoxville, TN
>Hatch Year        M   Rufous     Loudon, TN
>Hatch Year        F   Rufous     Woodstock, GA
>Hatch Year        M   Broad-tailed    Acworth, GA
>
>and at the old homestead:
>Hatch Year        M   Rufous    Pelham, AL
>
>It is O.K. for you guys to leave your net up.  It is apparently
>getting old and is full of holes.  Let them keep on coming this way.
>
>Fred Moore
>Pelham, AL
>HBSG