A Bird in the Hand
The lead naturalist at Brazos Bend State Park bands ruby-throated hummingbirds on Sundays during the migration season in September. The type of banding he does has enabled us to determine the migration patterns of the ruby-throats: they follow the Texas coast into Mexico during the fall, then return in the spring by flying nonstop across the Gulf of Mexico. A nonstop journey of around 600 miles for a bird this size is almost inconceivable. The banding usually draws quite a crowd of onlookers.
A Bird in the Hand
The lead naturalist at Brazos Bend State Park bands ruby-throated hummingbirds on Sundays during the migration season in September. The type of banding he does has enabled us to determine the migration patterns of the ruby-throats: they follow the Texas coast into Mexico during the fall, then return in the spring by flying nonstop across the Gulf of Mexico. A nonstop journey of around 600 miles for a bird this size is almost inconceivable. The banding usually draws quite a crowd of onlookers.