Georgia Hummers

If you are hosting a winter hummingbird in Georgia and are interested in having it banded, please contact Kyle Shepard with BCA. He will be banding here Sunday! You can also contact Rusty Trump at [email protected]

Thanks, 😊

This is a call to all birders and hummingbird ba**ers. I'm starting a new paper describing aberrant plumage in hummingbirds in the contiguous US and Canada with a few colleagues and I'd like your help.

For birders/photographers: if you would like to contribute your encounters to this paper it would be greatly appreciated. Specifically I am looking for your photos of hummers with apparent aberrant plumage, the location where you observed it, and a positive ID if you have it. If you are unfamiliar with the term "aberrant plumage" most people refer to these birds as being albino, piebald, and/or leucistic. If you have knowledge of the bird being banded please note it in the email in an effort to not duplicate records.

For licensed ba**ers: I'm looking for Band number, Species, Age, S*x, Location, Date and photos of the individual. You will be listed in the acknowledgments. If you are on humband, you may have already seen my inquiry.

In the interest of keeping data organized, one email per record is ideal. Any records you have can be emailed to me directly at [email protected]. Thanks for your consideration and contribution to citizen science.

Kyle Shepard

Photo by Fred Bassett

*All banding is being conducted under a federally authorized Bird Banding Permit issued by the U.S. Geological Survey's BBL.*

Emma Rhodes will be doing most of the winter hummingbird banding in the Atlanta area/North Georgia going forward, and Fred Dietrich will handle South Georgia. Please contact them if you have any hummers between November 1st and March 1st. Make sure to follow the BCA page, too! They are doing some great work.

Very cool recapture!

Allen's Hummingbird Re-encounter Exciting news was received on 12/28/20 when veteran ba**er and colleague Fred Bassett emailed me to report he had captured a hatch-year Allen's Hummingbird wearing one of my bands! Turns out I banded this hummingbird at the home of Mary Goodenough in Fayetteville, TN on December 8, 2020, and he re-e...