Ohio Birders, On October 20, 2009 I banded an adult female Rufous Hummingbird near Loudonville, Ashland County, Ohio where she was First Observed on October 24 and Last Observed on November 9, 2009. On December 18, 2010, Fred Bassett recaptured her in Pensacola, Florida (I don't have FO and LO dates). Today (January 4, 2012), I caught her again, this time in Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio. She has been on site there since about November 1. The homeowner prefers not to host visitors as they have a small house and yard, with limited parking. This is about 15 miles NW of where she was originally banded in 2009 (and less than 2 miles from where another Rufous was banded in 2007). This is only the second Rufous Hummingbird confimed as a returnee to Ohio (none yet in Michigan or Indiana). Since she was banded in 2009, she has likely flown at least 15,000 miles, including two returns in summer back to her breeding area somewhere in the Pacific Northwest (from Oregon to southern Alaska). She is also at least 3 years 6 months old. Amazing! -- Allen T. Chartier Inkster, Michigan Email: [log in to unmask] Website: www.amazilia.net Blog: http://mihummingbirdguy.blogspot.com/ ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]