Hills Beach Rufous Hummingbird

Pat Moynahan

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Nov 12, 2012, 7:17:45 PM11/12/12

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Hi Birders,

This is an update to all of you in the Maine Birding Community that on Saturday 10 November I captured, by modeling the careful method used by bander Anthony Hill, and transported the Rufous Hummingbird to rehab. This amazing bird had endured Hurricane Sandy and a no name nor'easter but was losing ground. I did not realize the extend of her loss until I was informed by the folks at Avian Haven that she weighted 2.69 at check-in as well as having a quite prominent keel. This represents over a 20% loss in weight in just eight days. At banding on Nov 2, Anthony Hill recorded Weight 3.6g; Fat =1;Wig=43.2;Tail= 26.0; Culm=1.7.7;Gorget Feather=2 central; Grooves 80%; Molt=0. The goal of rehab is weight gain in preparation for release. Thanks, Pat

Sally P

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Nov 13, 2012, 5:12:46 PM11/13/12

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Thanks for saving her!

Susan Guare

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Nov 13, 2012, 7:38:25 PM11/13/12

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Where will she be released? If she doesn't belong here. What to do with an errant hummingbird?

Thanks for the update, and I"m glad you captured her.

On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 7:17 PM, Pat Moynahan <pmmoy...@maine.rr.com> wrote:

Hi Birders,

This is an update to all of you in the Maine Birding Community that on Saturday 10 November I captured, by modeling the careful method used by bander Anthony Hill, and transported the Rufous Hummingbird to rehab. This amazing bird had endured Hurricane Sandy and a no name nor'easter but was losing ground. I did not realize the extend of her loss until I was informed by the folks at Avian Haven that she weighted 2.69 at check-in as well as having a quite prominent keel. This represents over a 20% loss in weight in just eight days. At banding on Nov 2, Anthony Hill recorded Weight 3.6g; Fat =1;Wig=43.2;Tail= 26.0; Culm=1.7.7;Gorget Feather=2 central; Grooves 80%; Molt=0. The goal of rehab is weight gain in preparation for release. Thanks, Pat

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Avian Haven

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Nov 14, 2012, 1:29:31 PM11/14/12

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What we do with an errant hummingbird is determine where others of the species are likely to be. This link to an ebird map shows sightings in the Delaware/Maryland/Virginia area in December – February.

http://ebird.org/ebird/map/rufhum?neg=true&env.minX=-79.46064490875915&env.minY=39.32420777276132&env.maxX=-70.23212928375915&env.maxY=42.551564574885894&zh=true&gp=true&mr=12-2&bmo=12&emo=2&yr=1900-2012&byr=1900&eyr=2012