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HUMMINGBIRD BANDERS

The list below includes federally authorized Master Hummingbird Banders; some master banders have one or more subpermitees who report to them but are also allowed to band hummingbirds. Not everyone on the list actively bands hummingbirds, and not all authorized hummingbird banders are listed.

If you have an unusual hummingbird that you think should be identified and banded, contact Bill Hilton Jr. at Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History via RESEARCH or at (803) 684-5852. Hilton will investigate the bird or relay information to a bander near you. (You may also contact a local bander directly at an e-mail address listed below. Be sure to include your city/state and phone number in your initial message, and as many details as possible about your vagrant hummingbird sighting. A couple of close-up digital photos would also be useful.)

Banders in the EASTERN United States are particularly interested in:

ALL hummingbirds coming to feeders between 15 October and 15 March
Vagrant hummingbird species other than Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, such as Rufous, Buff-bellied, Calliope, Black-chinned, etc.
Hummingbirds with artificial color-markings such as green necklaces, dots on foreheads, etc.
Hummingbirds with unusual plumages, including albinos and leucistic birds
NOTE: Hummingbirds occur in warmer western states on a regular basis during winter, so unless there's an unusual species there is no need to report winter hummingbirds in states such as Arizona and California. Please DO report hummers from more northerly western states and Canada.

More information is available under Vagrant & Winter Hummingbird Banding pages on the Web site for Hilton Pond Center.

(updated 20 April 2008)
UNITED STATES (see bottom of list for Canadian banders) ALABAMA Fred Bassett - Montgomery AL Robert Daly - Florence AL Portia MacMillan - Nashville AL Fred Moore - Steele AL Bob & Martha Gail Sargent - Trussville AL ALASKA Stacy Jon Peterson - AK ARKANSAS William H. Baltosser - Little Rock AR Perk Floyd - Hensley AR John T. Holleman IV - Little Rock AR ARIZONA Kathryn B. Burk - Tucson AZ Ruth Russell - Tucson AZ George C. West - Green Valley AZ Susan Wethington - Patagonia AZ Sheri Williamson - Bisbee AZ CALIFORNIA Ann Brice - Woodland CA Barbara A. Carlson - Riverside CA F. Lynn Carpenter - Irvine CA Rita Colwell - Los Altos CA David R. Ferry, MD - Yucaipa CA Robert A. Tyrrell - Murrieta CA N. M. Waser - Riverside CA COLORADO Steve & Debbie Bouricius - Palisade CO Scott Rashid - Estes Park CO CONNECTICUT Mark Szantyr - Waterbury CT FLORIDA George E. Wallace - Panama City FL GEORGIA Terry Johnson - Forsyth GA Rusty Trump - Suwanee GA IDAHO Stacy Jon Peterson ILLINOIS Cathie Hutcheson- Makanda IL INDIANA Allen Chartier - Inkster MI (northern half of Indiana) Cathie Hutcheson - Makanda IL (southern half of Indiana) Tim Tolford - Liberty IN (southern half of Indiana) KANSAS Jan Hall - Pittsburg KS Cathie Hutcheson- Makanda IL KENTUCKY Tim Tolford - Libert IN (northern section of Kentucky) LOUISIANA Linda Beall - Covington LA Marty Floyd - Cheneyville LA Nancy Newfield - Metairie LA Dave Patton - Lafayette LA MAINE Anthony Hill MARYLAND David W. Inouye - College Park MD Adrienne J. Leppold - Western sections of Maryland MASSACHUSETTS Sue Finnegan - Brewster MA (CApe Cod area) Anthony Hill - South Hadley MA MICHIGAN Allen Chartier - Inkster MI MINNESOTA Donald E. Mitchell - Red Wing MN MISSOURI Lanny Chambers - St. Louis MO Sarah Driver - Ozark MO Cathie Hutcheson- Makanda IL MONTANA Ned & Gigi Batchelder - Helena MT NEVADA Ned & Gigi Batchelder - Helena MT NEW HAMPSHIRE Anthony Hill NEW MEXICO Joan Day-Martin - Tijeras NM NEW YORK Robert P. Yunick - Schenectady NY NORTH CAROLINA Susan Campbell - Whispering Pines NC Bill Hilton Jr. - York SC - Western section of North Carolina - RESEARCH or (803) 684-5852 OHIO Allen Chartier - Inkster MI (all of Ohio except southwest) Adrienne J. Leppold - eastern sections only Tim Tolford - Liberty IN (southwestern Ohio only) OKLAHOMA Ellie Womack - Grove OK Ned & Gigi Batchelder - Helena MT OREGON James O. Anderson - Sisters OR - (503) 388-1659 Mike Patterson - Astoria OR Don Powers - Newberg OR Dennis Vroman - Grants Pass OR PENNSYLVANIA Sara Hiebert - Swarthmore PA Adrienne J. Leppold - Rector PA Scott Weidensaul - Schuylkill Haven PA SOUTH CAROLINA Bill Hilton Jr. - York SC - RESEARCH or (803) 684-5852 TEXAS Ross C. Dawkins - San Angelo TX Charles Ely - Nacogdoches TX Sumita Prasad - Houston TX UTAH Ned & Gigi Batchelder - Helena MT VERMONT Anthony Hill VIRGINIA R. C. Simpson - Stephens City VA - (703) 869-2051 Bill Hilton Jr. - York SC - Western section of Virginia - RESEARCH or (803) 684-5852 WEST VIRGINIA Bill Hilton Jr. - York SC - Southern & eastern sections of West Virginia- RESEARCH or (803) 684-5852 Adrienne J. Leppold - Northern sections of West Virginia WISCONSIN Donald E. Mitchell WYOMING Ned & Gigi Batchelder - Helena MT CANADA (see above for U.S. banders) BRITISH COLUMBIA Gayle Brown - Nanoose Bay BC J. Cam Finlay - Victoria BC Betty McGinnis - Fanny Bay BC Derek Matthews - Vancouver BC ONTARIO Cindy Cartwright - Ontario Carl Pascoe - West Bloomfield MI

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