2019 Hummingbird Banding Update | MPG Ranch

2019 Hummingbird Banding Update

October 28, 2019

Eric Rasmussen summarizes the findings from the 2019 hummingbird banding season.

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Eric Rasmussen summarizes the findings from the 2019 hummingbird banding season.

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Banding hummingbirds informs us about our local hummingbird diversity, the timing of migration, their natural history, and long-term trends.

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Our abundant spring capture rate continued for the rest of the season. We ended with 40 more hummingbirds than our record year in 2016

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Banding data over four years show that our totals this year were the highest

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Of 612 hummingbirds banded throughout our study, we’ve recaptured 97

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We introduced calliope hummingbird “K34373” last year as the “most caught hummingbird.” She continues to hold this title

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We age hummingbirds with two categories, “hatch-year” or “after hatch-year.”

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The tail holds many answers when determining hatch-year males and females.

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We will resume banding sessions next April and look forward to our continued collaboration with the Hummingbird Monitoring Network and our long-term monitoring goals

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