Taqiyyah - Here is possibly a current list of Master Hummingbird Banders:
http://www.rubythroat.org/Band...
This list does not include the Subpermittees that can also band hummingbirds. Many of those on this list have an email address that you contact them through by clicking on their name (if it is in blue). And a couple of them list their phone#s.
I contacted a bander in 2010 and she came out in early 2011. I hadn't been able to get a hummingbird bander back to my yard until this year. I also have a Eastern Painted Bunting bander who came to my yard twice last year and is due to return this month. There is a research project concerning only "Eastern" Painted Buntings through PBOT:
http://paintedbuntings.org/
Banding birds requires a Federal and State License. Hummingbird banders require a different Federal and State license. The Painted Bunting bander is also licensed to band other birds as well, but not hummingbirds. That requires specialized training and certification.
Painted Bunting. You can see the banded bird on the right by looking at the colored bands on his leg.:
I have these birds coming to my yard in the Winter. So that is why I thought to contact banders. I was very lucky that they came to visit my yard and capture, band, and release some of those birds.
