Ken Klimko wrote:

Found a banded dead barn owl today at Point Roberts and would like the=20
address to the Fish and Wildlife department to which I could report the=20
band number.


Mallards and Canada Geese are the most commonly banded species in North =
America, because of the emphasis placed on managing the hunting of =
waterfowl by the US Fish & Wildlife Service and state F&W agencies. To =
get a band reported from other than a hunter and/or from a non-game =
species is not all that common, and I'm sure the Bird Banding Lab will =
be glad to get your report. Your recovery information will be sent to =
the biologist/researcher/bander who banded the bird.

If you send the info to the addresses below, they'll get in touch with =
you eventually.

To report the band, you should provide:

the band number (i.e. 2377-61598) along with=20

Date seen/found

Location - best given as miles (or kilometers) and direction from the =
nearest town, with the province/county/department and state included =
(i.e. 1 mile east of Point Roberts, Whatcom County, Washington or Point =
Roberts, B.C. Canada - depends which side of the line you were on :-) )

Your name and return address (you will receive a "Certificate of =
Appreciation", letting you know where, when and by whom the bird was =
banded, as well as the age and sex (if known) of the bird when banded).

Send this information to:

National Biological Survey
Bird Banding Laboratory
12100 Beech Forest Road
Laurel, Maryland 20708-4037
USA

or email it to:

BBL at nbs.gov

I have also passed recovery information directly to Mary Gustafson at =
the BBL at:

Mary_Gustafson at nbs.gov

but the BBL address should work.

Hope this helps,

Jon. Anderson
Olympia, Washington
festuca at olywa.net
Banding Permit #21792