The whooper swan at Summer Lake in Oregon is thought to be on its third
visit as well. RK

On Thu, 14 Dec 1995, Eugene Hunn wrote:

> Re Stuart's last long commentary about zero probability of banding
> recovery. There are a number of cases of repeat vagrants, which suggest
> strongly that the same bird has succeeded in navigating somewhere and
> back again. The Eurasian Skylark at Pt. Reyes and the Rustic Bunting at
> the Kent Ponds (two years out of three). If they had been banded we
> could say for sure that it was the same individual.
>
> Gene.
>

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