2020 Hummingbird Project update | MPG Ranch

2020 Hummingbird Project update

February 2, 2021

Eric Rasmussen summarizes results from the 2020 hummingbird banding season, and highlights some unusual findings.

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Hummingbird Project 2020 Season Update

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Our hummingbird monitoring project began in 2016. Since then, we have banded 728 hummingbirds of three species.

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2020 Results

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Capture totals this year for all three species dropped from 2019

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We rely on a suite of traits to determine the species, age, and sex of a bird. This year we encountered two immature black-chinned hummingbirds that gave us pause.

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Notable Feathers

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Notable Feathers, continued

Previous Research Update

2020 Fall Migration Research Update