Hi Folks,

I just yesterday received Vol. XX No 1 (Jan. - March 1995) issue of the
North American Bird Bander, a publication of Eastern, Inland, and Western
Bird Banding Associations. Thought that some people might be interested.

Foraging of Wintering Songbirds at a Feeding Station. Anthony J. Nastase
and Susan U. Linville. 1-4.

Spring Wing Chord Values for American Goldfinches. Charles and Melva
Hansrote. 5-10.

Nest Site Fidelity and Adult Longevity in the Black Swift (Cypseloides
niger). Charles T. Collins and Kevin S. Foerster. 11-14.

Incomplete Flight Feather Molt and Age in Certain North American Non-
passerines. Peter Pyle. 15-26.

News, Notes, Comments:

Live Recovery of a Venerable Raptor - A Longevity Record for the Red-
tailed Hawk. Leonard J Soucy, Jr. (23 Years, 5 months!)

Banding Programs Announced. The National Biological Service announces an
ftp server with two banding programs as well as other information and
data. The URLs are:

ftp server:
ftp://ftp.im.nbs.gov/pub/software/banding
web home page:
http://www.im.nbs.gov/nbsim.htm

The Banding Operations Database (BANDOPS.EXE 425KB self-
extracting zip file)

The Band Analysis System (BNDANL14.EXE 1.5MB self-extracting
zip file)

Also a CD-ROM available with the complete North American water-
fowl banding and recovery data. If there is enough interest,
another CD-ROM may be developed with nongame bird banding data.

An Incredible Recovery. Jane C Olyphant. (Common Grackle over 22 years old)

Update on Banding Guide Revision. Peter Pyle. Progress on the revision
to "Identification Guide to North American Passerines" is proceeding and
Dr Pyle anticipates finishing by early 1996 with publication by the end
of the year.

Several banding station reports and news and notes from the Regional
banding associations.

Jon. Anderson
Olympia, WA
anderjda at dfw.wa.gov