Chris Hill wrote:

Stuart, you wrote the same band number for two different birds below.

>
> 0828-81719 1st year, near Dreary, Idaho, 7/09/91
> Seen, Montlake Fill, 4/30/95.
>

Ooops, the curse of cut and paste. It should be:

0828-88973 1st year, near Lewiston, Idaho, 7/09/91
Seen, Montlake Fill, 4/30/95.


> Assuming I read the band correctly, it may
> have had a different origin from the ones you saw (different band
> prefix). Does the fact that I read only a three digit prefix indicate
> that it is an older band, do you think?

I think that would be a safe bet. However it may be that the bands were
issued a long time ago and only used recently. I know I have some 'J' size
bands back home which I bought when I first got my licence - just in case I
caught a grey heron or pink-footed goose. Sadly 'twas not to be - yet :-)

A good tip for reading band numbers is to reading the sequence 'forwards' ie
828-...., then read it backwards, ie ...., 8, 2, 8. This should get over the
problem of misreading - which happens a lot.

Stuart
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