A weekend banding project on rufous hummingbirds may provide insights into where the tiny fliers go each winter and how long they live.
Thousands of hummingbirds descend on Haines each spring to eat, mate and nest, said Fred Bassett, an expert on the species who is leading the banding work.
Hummingbirds arrive here in May and fly south before August, attracted by relatively easy feeding and freedom from competition with other hummingbirds that…
