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Fred Bassett Fred Bassett is a certified master bird bander who has worked with birds for over twenty years. Fred travels each summer to study hummingbirds in western states and has done research in Alaska and Canada. Fred has banded more than 35,000 hummingbirds in more than 1,000 locations from Miami, Florida to Haines, Alaska. During the winter he documents western hummingbirds wintering in south Alabama and Florida, and the last fifteen winters he has captured more than 2,000 hummingbirds of ten different species in that area. Contact Fred at fhound@aol.com or (334) 868-9658. Fred Dietrich Fred Dietrich is from Tallahassee, FL and has helped Fred Bassett since 2001 when he first banded in Tallahassee. He has also helped trap hummingbirds for bander training in Elkins, WV since 2004 and has now taken over hummingbird bander training at that location. Fred completed his hummingbird bander training and received his federal certification in the summer of 2009. In June 2010, Fred received word that a female rufous he banded in Tallahassee had been recaptured in Chenega Bay, AK, more than 3,500 miles away. This is the longest ever documented migration route of any hummingbird species. Fred bands winter hummingbirds around Tallahassee, Florida and up into southern Georgia. Contact Fred at fdietrich@gmail.com or (448) 229-6111. |
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