Bird Banter…a wonderful Podcast out of Washington State and this month features Hummingbirds!
Last month I had the pleasure of meeting Ed Pullen and recording an episode for his podcast "Bird Banter". We chatted about hummingbirds. Here's a link to the podcast...http://birdbanter.com/index.php/2021/02/22/the-bird-banter-podcast-92-with-cyndi-routledge-additional-info/ I invite you to listen and [...]
WINTER HUMMINGBIRDS AND NPR
A phone call in almost a year ago began a series of events that culiminated in a wonderful story on NPR's! Here's the link to the story. https://wpln.org/post/more-winter-hummingbirds-are-spotted-in-tennessee-giving-data-on-these-elusive-creatures/ I hope you take a few minutes [...]
Allen’s Hummingbird Re-encounter
Exciting news was received on 12/28/20 when veteran bander and colleague Fred Bassett called me to report he had recaptured a hatch-year male Allen's Hummingbird wearing one of my bands at a host home [...]
Busy week for winter birds in the southeast
It was a busy Thanksgiving week for SEAR. We had multiple reports of winter hummingbirds that culminated in the banding of a juvenile male Allen's Hummingbird in Rutherford County, the second Allen's in Tennessee this [...]
Winter Hummingbird season off to a GREAT start
The 2020 Winter Hummingbird season is off to a terrific start in both Tennessee and Mississippi with multiple sightings and banding sessions. From the return male Rufous in Williamson County to a very late Ruby-throated [...]
2020 Ruby-throated Hummingbird banding season Wrap-up…
It’s hard to believe that we’re in mid-October already. Ruby-throated hummingbird migration banding season ended for the most part on September 29th with the banding of 5 very FAT birds including the fattest I’ve ever [...]
BIG NEWS from Williamson County, Tennessee…a male Rufous Hummingbird banded there on 11/16/2019 by SEAR has returned!
A text message on September 19, 2020 brought the news that the Rufous Hummingbird that was banded on 11/16/2019 had possibly returned to the same yard in Williamson County, TN. It took a couple days [...]
End of another successful season to spite COVID
Hummingbird season here in Tennessee is slowly coming to an end. Frantic feeding frenzies are beginning to slow down and numbers are dwindling as Ruby-throated hummingbirds wing their way southward. We had a most successful [...]
Mexican Violetear
Late last week a series of serendipitous events occurred that ended in the capture and banding of a Mexican Violetear by yours truly. Formally known as the Green Violetear, this medium-sized hummingbird, whose home [...]
Feeding hummingbirds
We all love hummingbirds! These tiny little flying jewels zip around our yards and gardens in summer, slowing down ever so briefly to sip some nectar from a flower or from our feeders. Their popularity [...]