Elkins WV 2005

Monarch	Monarch	Monarch laying egg	Monarch egg on milkweed
Monarch caterpillar	Wind powered generators in Thomas, WV	Wind powered generators in Thomas, WV	Deer at Canaan Valley
Deer at Canaan Valley	Hummingbird feeders at Ruth's	Adult male rubythroated	Adult male rubythroated
Adult male rubythroated	Adult male rubythroated	DSC_5867a.jpg	DSC_6303a.jpg
Female Ruby Throated	Female Ruby Throated	View from Ruth's back yard	On the road to Gerry Tuning's home
You're on the right road if you see this	Gerry's porch - with half of the feeders taken down	Looking toward the banding station	Looking toward the banding station
Fred Bassett teaching Sue	Here I am running the 5 traps	Bob and Martha talking to Sue	Erin working with hummingbird
Sue removing bird from net as Gerry watches	Sue removing bird from net as Gerry watches	Erin working the nets	Bob shows interested visitors how to check for fat
A page of the log for recaptures	A page of the log for new bands	An uncut card with 300 hummingbird bands	Fred Basssett runs two traps at the Lesser's
Banding station at the Lesser's	Erin, Sue, Mark and Martha at the banding station at the Lesser's	Erin records and Sue bands	Martha works with Mark
Visitor watches banding process	Walt and I check Fred's work	A bird in the hand of a visitor	On the road to Jean Hamrick's home
Last Chance for Beer and Food	Jean Hamrick and Bob Sargent	Surveying the 40 feeders	Setting up the traps
"Free" feeders	I am removing a bird from the trap	Erin banding	Sue looks for grooving to age a bird
Martha observing	Erin checks the weight of a bird	Fred Bassett points out a special feature to Connie	Connie takes a closer look
Connie with the bird in her hand	Jean worries that ther are not enough hummers - only hundreds!	Martha records bird measurements	Bob wonders if it could be any better
Martha	Hillside near Elkins	West Virginia highway