HUMMINGBIRD ROUNDUP: You have to be speedy to round 
up these fast flyers ... we explain on Passport to Texas.

This is Passport to Texas

Hear the word "roundup" and you might just think of 
herding cattle. But Mark Klym, who coordinates the 
Hummingbird Roundup, thinks of counting tiny birds.

58 -- Well, the HR is a backyard survey of hummingbirds that we 
do every year. You can participate at any time. You can 
download the forms directly off of our website, or you can send 
us a letter. We appreciate a donation to help with the cost, but 
we can send you them forms and get you started. And, so what 
does it mean to you as a scientist to get this kind of data 
back? Well it's very important. It helps us to understand where 
the hummingbirds are being see, when they're being seen. What 
resources they're using. It helps us to get an idea how people 
are responding to them, whether they're feeding them 
appropriately, and it gives us an opportunity also to learn a 
little bit about these hummingbirds. When the survey started, 
we thought we had 14 species in the state and that some of 
them were extremely rare. Now we're finding that these birds 
are not as rare as we thought, some of them are actually 
nesting in Texas, and we've got 18 species of hummingbird in 
Texas. These are native non-migrating species? Well, these 
are all migrating species, but they're all naturally occurring in 
the state of Texas.

If you're interested in surveying these fast flyers, as Mark 
mentioned, you can download the Hummingbird Roundup 
forms from the Parks and Wildlife website.

That's our show ... For Texas Parks and Wildlife ... I'm 
Cecilia Nasti. 











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