Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2002 18:12:10 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Les Eastman Organization: Harford Bird Club Subject: Re: Rufous hummer In-Reply-To: <002201c2aebf$9bce72a0$14a33744@S0028600143> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Bonnie Ott wrote: > It might be worthwhile to have someone knowledgeable check it out. ( I > am not) Also, she asked what to do with it- I suggested keep it until > spring and release it then. Any other opinions? Call Mary Gustafson and ask her to come band and identify it, then release it. Rufous Hummingbirds are perfectly capable of taking care of themselves in winter. Unless the lady has a permit to band hummingbirds, she should not have trapped it. It does not need "rehabilitating." Les =========== Les Eastman mailto:les@birdtreks.com Havre de Grace, MD Visit the Harford Bird Club Web Page at http://www.harfordbirdclub.org ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================