Banding or tagging hummingbirds in Murfreesboro This Saturday

Aug 31, 2016 at 07:57 pm by bryan


Hummingbird migration takes the small and fragile birds thousands of miles each year. This year at the September 3rd (this Saturday) Murfreesboro Hummingbird Festival, the Parks and Rec. Department will work to tag or band the small animals. Nicky Jordan explains...

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Jordan told us that hundreds of hummingbirds come to Murfreesboro each year and they are often the same birds that visit after annual migration.

Details:

The Barfield Crescent Park (697 Veterans Parkway) is having its Annual Hummingbird Festival from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm Saturday, September 3, 2016 at the Wilderness Station, and it's free.

Banding Times:

  • 8 am to 10 am
  • 3 pm to 5 pm
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