Bird Watching: I Found a Banded Hummingbird!, 0 by ducbucln

ducbucln wrote:
Because a friend of mine in Arizona had found a couple banded hummingbirds at her feeders in 2008, I got interested in volunteering at a banding station being done in my area of northern California in 2009. This program was quite interesting to watch, but more rewarding when I actually took part in it and found that some of the hummingbirds we were trapping (safely I might add) had been previously banded in prior years.

For the last 3 years I have watched and photographed all my visiting hummingbirds, hoping to find even one that had a silver band on its leg and that finally happened on August 22nd of this year. I didn't notice the band until I was going through some photos I'd downloaded. Here's the first shot that got my attention: