Bird Watching: I Found a Banded Hummingbird!, 1 by ducbucln

ducbucln wrote:
Once I'd found the first photo of the banded bird, I went out and watched for all my male Anna's hummingbirds (there's at least 20 or more hummers here now) so I could get more photos of him sitting on a branch or perch. Luckily my hummingbirds are all people friendly and will allow me to stand close to them. By that afternoon I had taken hundreds of photos and after cropping tightly in the leg areas of each photo, I was able to get my complete band number of E04314. I should add that the bands are secured on the birds' legs lose enough that they'll easily turn as the birds move or fly so each time this bird either landed on the feeder perch or nearby tree branch (attached or our deck) I could possibly see more numbers on the band. Here's one of many cropped photos showing a partial number: