[EBB Sightings] Site for banding hummingbirds?

EBB folks:  I am posting the note below for Rita Colwell, who is not a 
subscriber to this list.  Please send your responses directly to her - 
at the e-mail address below.  Thanks.  Kay Loughman, Berkeley.
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I am a hummingbird bander, affiliated with the Hummingbird Monitoring 
Network (http://www.hummonnet.org/), a non-profit organization concerned 
with hummingbird research. Our primary mission is the conservation of 
these birds and the habitat they need to survive.  The organization 
consists of a network of hummingbird banding stations in California, 
Arizona, Colorado, and British Columbia, operating under a standardized 
protocol; we capture the hummers, band them with US Fish & Wildlife 
Service bands, collect data on their condition, and release them 
unharmed within 20 minutes of capture.  I operate one station near 
Scotts Valley in the Santa Cruz Mountains and would like to set up a 
second site in the East Bay hills.

We are hoping for a place located on the east slope of the hills and at 
some elevation, ideally 1000 ft or more.  It needs to be within the 
north/south boundaries of Hayward to Mission Peak.  Ideally it should 
be  acreage of open oak grassland, though other habitat might be 
considered.  A private residence or secure public land would be good.  
Owners of the site would have to maintain 5 hummingbird feeders for 
several months.  Once a site is established, interested individuals 
might be trained to assist in the banding operation, primarily removing 
birds from the traps and recording banding data.

I would appreciate any help you can offer.  If you know of some place 
that might be suitable, please contact me:

Rita Colwell
650-949-1869
rcolwell at sbcglobal.net
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