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Keeping Track of Bands
The Peregrine Chick:
--- Quote from: bcbird on May 13, 2011, 19:09 ---Interesting!
The FWS/CWS band would identify the date and location of the banding, and also that it was a release from rehab, rather than a chick?
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Yes, and that's what happens with lots of bird species - geese get banded as chicks, but when adults are banded its identified as such. Other species such as piping plovers or loggerhead shrikes (when they are banded) the sequence of bands is reversed when its an adult capture. For example, say in Manitoba in 2010, the colour combination was red band over silver band on right leg and red band on left leg for chicks, it would be red over silver on left and red on right for adults caught the same year. In 2011 the colours would be different - blue over silver and blue. That lets banders tell location banded and age at banding.
The Peregrine Chick:
--- Quote from: Rapidcitymbfan on May 13, 2011, 19:58 ---Okay, I have a question. Are any of the band numbers/letters, male/female specific?
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Nope
RCF:
Okay, I have a question. Are any of the band numbers/letters, male/female specific?
bcbird:
Interesting!
The FWS/CWS band would identify the date and location of the banding, and also that it was a release from rehab, rather than a chick?
The Peregrine Chick:
--- Quote from: bcbird on May 13, 2011, 14:39 ---Very good reading, indeed.
I'm wondering do adults get banded when they come in to a rehab shelter?
The info of birth date and place wouldn't be known, but do banding records allow for rehab and recovery information for an adult?
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I don't know if it is a requirement but I do know rehabbed unbanded birds that were banded prior to release though I do recall that it was just the silver FWS/CWS band not the coloured band that was used. Of the two bands, the silver one would definitely be the requirement. It is a requirement of a banding permit for band information to be sent to the federal banding office. And to band requires a permit or more than one depending on the species and jurisdication.
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