Friday, August 17, 2012
Hummingbird banding in Gowganda
Wednesday birdbanders from New Liskeard came to Gert and Pauls house to band hummingbirds. The birders were trained to do this in the US and are just starting to band hummingbirds in the Temiskaming area. Gert had phoned and reported many hummingbirds on her 5 or more feeders which bought the banders to town.
Trapped in a special trap that they bought in the US they banded 25 hummingbirds in about 3 hours, none of the banded birds were trapped again that day. Measurments were taken, age and sex was determined, weight and a band was placed on the leg.
This is the start of a humming bird study in the Temiskaming area. They will be back next year to see if any have come back.
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I heard you all had fun..wish I would have been there...it was strange knowing so many people were having fun in my yard..and I wasn't there...Really nice pictures Bill.
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