Subject: Hawk Banding
Date: Apr 3 12:57:26 1995
From: Christopher Hill - cehill at u.washington.edu



Hi Tweeters,

I recall that a couple of tweeters at least were raptor banders, and I had
this proposition/offer for you. Where I am doing fieldwork on sparrows,
there is a young, very tame Red-tailed Hawk hanging out, and he is banded.
Few enough banded birds are recaptured, so I thought it might be
interesting to find out his band number and history, but I can't read the
band number off him without catching him. One can almost walk right up to
the bird, so with the right set up, I doubt he would be hard to catch, if
one had the right equipment. Anyone want to spend an hour some morning
trying? Incidentally, I considered the possibility that he might be a
falconer's bird, but I think not. The band on his right leg appears to
be a fish and wildlife service band, and it is not too unusual for first
year buteos to be so tame.

E-mail me if you are interested.

Chris Hill
Seattle, WA
cehill at u.washington.edu