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RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD |
![]() All text & photos © Hilton Pond Center For three years in a row, Nan Gaughf has had a cold-weather hummingbird coming to her window feeder. In December 2001 she learned from her mother--who read in a Columbia SC newspaper about our Buff-bellied Hummingbird banding--that staff at Hilton Pond Center are studying such wayward winter hummers. An e-mail from Nan to the Center easily convinced us it was worth the 300-mile round trip to Pinnacle Mountain, South Carolina--in Pickens County just two miles from Table Rock State Park--to band yet another vagrant hummingbird.
![]() Thanks to Nan (and her mom!) for the opportunity to band this winter hummingbird. The bird's measurements included: weight 3.6g; wing chord 43.5mm; tail length 26mm; tail notch 6mm; culmen (bill) length 17.5mm. Band number: Y14783. ![]() ![]() All text & photos © Hilton Pond Center ![]() Please report your sightings of all Vagrant & Winter Hummingbirds east of the Mississippi For much more information about hummingbirds, visit Operation RubyThroat: The Hummingbird Project ![]() |
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