HUMMINGBIRD BANDING RESULTS
 Kern River Watershed (Kern & Tulare Counties), California
Donald Mitchell, PhD candidate - University of Minnesota
 

Kern County Hummingbird Identification Guide

Hummingbird Facts

Hummingbird Banding Results

Feeding Hummingbirds

KRV Hummingbird Finding Guide

Hummingbird Garden

OTHER FESTIVALS

Spring Nature Festival

Amphibian & Reptile Celebration

Turkey Vulture Festival

Schedule of California Nature Festivals (maintained on Nature Alley)

June 8 - August 13, 2000

Species KEY:

ALHU - Allen's Hummingbird
ANHU - Anna's Hummingbird
BCHU - Black-chinned Hummingbird
CAHU - Calliope Hummingbird
COHU - Costa's Hummingbird
RUHU - Rufous Hummingbird
SEHU - Selasphorus Hummingbird

Locations KEY:

BRRSTC - Black Rock Ranger Station, Tulare County
CBPHKC - Cane Brake private home, Kern County
CEREKC - Cane Brake Ecological Reserve, Kern County
FCPHKC - Base of Fay Canyon Private Home, Weldon, Kern County
KRPHKC - Kern River Preserve Headquarters, Weldon, Kern County
KRPMKC - Kern River Preserve M.A.P.S. Station, Kern County
LMPMKC - Private home SE of Landers' Meadow, Piute Mountains, Kern County
POPATC - Portuguese Pass (100 meters W of Kern watershed boundary), Tulare County
SPPEKC - Penstemon patch E of Sunday Peak & N of Greenhorn Summit, Kern County
SSRSKC - So. Sierra Research Sta. (AKA Kern R. Research Ctr.), Weldon, Kern Co.

Acknowledgements:

California Department of Fish & Game, Fresno Regional Office (Kevin O'Connor), Cane Brake Ecological Reserve.
EREMICO Biological Services (Bruce Garlinger, Denise LaBerteaux)
Friends of the Kern River Preserve (Webmaster Alison Sheehey).
Individuals ( Sean Rowe, Bill Shook, Donna Shook, Sheri Williamson).
National Audubon Society-California, Kern River Preserve (Bob Barnes, Reed Tollefson).
Southern Sierra Research Station (Michelle Crabb, Murrelet Halterman, Paul Mason, Mary Whitfield)
USDA-Forest Service, Sequoia National Forest (Robin Galloway, Teresa Benson), Black Rock Ranger Station ("Doc").
USDI-Bureau of Land Management, Bakersfield Field Office (Amy Kuritsubo, Steve Larson), Chimney Peak Fire Station (John Newman).
 
Date Location BCHU ANHU COHU CAHU SEHU RUHU ALHU Total
8-Jun SSRSKC 4 10 0 0 0 0 0 14
10-Jun SSRSKC 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 11
16-Jun SSRSKC 6 11 0 0 0 0 0 17
16-Jun KRPMKC 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
17-Jun SSRSKC 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 11
18-Jun SSRSKC 4 10 0 0 0 0 0 14
21-Jun FCPHKC 5 6 2 0 0 2 0 15
22-Jun POPATC 0 3 3 0 0 2 0 8
24-Jun CBPHKC 0 2 8 0 0 0 0 10
25-Jun CEREKC 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
26-Jun BRRSTC 0 0 0 9 0 0 1 10
26-Jun FCPHKC 4 8 3 0 0 0 0 15
28-Jun FCPHKC 4 7 2 0 0 0 0 13
29-Jun KRPHKC 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 92
30-Jun FCPHKC 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 4
5-Jul SSRSKC 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 8
5-Jul KRPHKC 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 7

12 day hiatus

                
18-Jul FCPHKC 9 23 1 0 1 5 0 39
20-Jul LMPMKC 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 6
20-Jul BRRSTC 0 2 0 18 0 3 0 23
22-Jul SSRSKC 11 8 0 0 0 6 0 25
23-Jul KRPHKC 10 21 0 0 0 4 0 35
24-Jul SSRSKC 6 12 1 0 0 4 0 23
26-Jul SSRSKC 11 8 1 0 0 6 0 26
27-Jul SPPEKC 0 0 0 0 0 20 3 23
29-Jul SSRSKC 4 9 1 0 0 10 0 24
30-Jul KRPHKC 20 12 0 0 0 7 1 40
31-Jul SPPEKC 0 0 0 1 0 25 3 29
31-Jul SSRSKC 7 7 1 0 0 13 0 28
1-Aug SSRSKC 5 5 1 0 0 11 0 22
2-Aug FCPHKC 3 0 0 0 0 5 0 8
3-Aug FCPHKC 9 19 2 0 0 15 3 48
5-Aug SSRSKC 3 5 0 0 0 13 0 21
6-Aug KRPHKC 15 21 0 0 0 60 4 100
7-Aug FCPHKC 4 4 1 0 0 35 1 45
7-Aug SSRSKC 0 2 0 0 0 14 0 16
8-Aug SSRSKC 3 9 1 0 0 27 0 40
9-Aug FCPHKC 3 3 1 1 0 24 1 33
10-Aug SSRSKC 5 6 1 0 0 21 3 36
10-Aug FCPHKC 4 7 1 2 0 16 0 30
11-Aug SSRSKC 7 5 0 0 0 21 0 33
11-Aug SPPEKC 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 7
12-Aug FCPHKC 6 9 0 0 0 18 1 34
13-Aug KRPHKC 9 5 0 0 0 30 2 46
Date Total 246 333 32 31 1 426 24 1093
  Species BCHU ANHU COHU CAHU SEHU RUHU ALHU Total

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