A young female Black-chinned Hummingbird shows off her new band before taking off.

With this week’s surge in migration, we’re rapidly approaching a major milestone in SABO’s 20-year study of the hummingbirds of the San Pedro River: 6000 hummingbirds banded at our main banding station at the San Pedro House.

We expect to reach this milestone at our next banding session, so we invite you to join us at the San Pedro House next Sunday, September 6, from 4 to 6 p.m. to help us celebrate and learn more about what these amazing birds have taught us. You might be the lucky visitor who gets to launch (and/or adopt) #6K!