Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Humming Bird Banding

5/21/2017

From mid-April to mid-September every other Sunday morning the Hummingbird Monitoring Network performs Hummingbird banding at the Southwest Research Station and the "Walker" house in Paradise, AZ. We went to the Research Station at about 9:00 am to observe.  Here's some pictures.

Capture station
Volunteer retrieves hummingbird after capture.
Captured birds are brought to banding station.
Hummingbird is checked for previous band.
Various measurements and data are collected.
Notice band on gray block.
Applying ID band
Weight is recorded.

They're given a good drink before release.

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