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Linda Alley | profile | all galleries >> Hummingbirds >> Banding/Nest/Rescued fledgling >> Hummingbird Banding tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

Hummingbird Banding

Texas Parks and Wildlife banded hummingbirds in my yard Aug. 29, 2009. Thirty six hummingbirds were banded in two hours including three species.
ruby-throated male
ruby-throated male		 IMG_1167.jpg
IMG_1167.jpg		 ruby-throated male
ruby-throated male		 ruby-throated female
ruby-throated female
rthu female
rthu female		 Ruby-throated male on the scale
Ruby-throated male on the scale 		rthu
rthu		 orchard oriole female
orchard oriole female
orchard oriole female
orchard oriole female		 IMG_1247.jpg
IMG_1247.jpg		 IMG_1249.jpg
IMG_1249.jpg		 orchard oriole female
orchard oriole female
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IMG_1258.jpg		 IMG_1260.jpg
IMG_1260.jpg		 band
band		 IMG_1273.jpg
IMG_1273.jpg
IMG_1276.jpg
IMG_1276.jpg		 IMG_1279.jpg
IMG_1279.jpg		 mist nets
mist nets		 IMG_1292.jpg
IMG_1292.jpg
IMG_1314.jpg
IMG_1314.jpg		 bands
bands		 ruby-throated first year hatchling
ruby-throated first year hatchling		 IMG_1331.jpg
IMG_1331.jpg
netting cage
netting cage		 buff-bellied male
buff-bellied male 		beak measurement
beak measurement		 tail measurement
tail measurement
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IMG_1356.jpg		 IMG_1379.jpg
IMG_1379.jpg		 IMG_1381.jpg
IMG_1381.jpg		 IMG_1382.jpg
IMG_1382.jpg
rthu
rthu

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Shelly- VA Beach22-Oct-2009 11:39
And you didn't invite me for this event? How cool - EXCELLENT gallery! `V
CreativeWiseGal30-Aug-2009 23:05
Amazing that they can handle these tiny creatures without harming them! What an amazing sight this must have been.
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