Cowboy fledged from McKenzies in 2000 and turned up in Winnipeg in 2011 is anything known about him in the years between 2002 and 2011? Noticed on the family tree that there were 2 males and 2 females and only Cowboy was named, was he named at the time or did you give him that name when he turned up in Winnipeg in 2011? Just for interests sake where and when was he seen in 2002?
Nope, have no idea what Cowboy was doing between 2000 and 2011 when he turned up in Winnipeg with Kate. In 2002 his band number was read on a building outside of Brandon but he didn't stay and he wasn't seen again until here so far as we know. None of the 2000 Brandon chicks were named, I named him in 2011 since he looked like he might be hanging around since he'd live that long. Cowboy's older brother Keener-Screech was hatched in 1997 and turned up with Holly in 2007 and we hadn't heard anything of his activities either, nor the male who was released with Pop (our first nesting male in Manitoba) in 1986 who turned up dead in Winnipeg in 2004.
Having said this, I have a list of these birds that I constantly check when new sightings information turns up just in case I can fill in some of the gaps, and who knows, maybe we'll be able to find out some of these guys (and yes, they are all males) have been nesting elsewhere before coming home.
