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From: Diana[SMTP:djpeffer at nwinternet.com]
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 1996 8:53 PM
To: 'tweeters at u.washington.edu'
Subject: RE: Varied Thrushes as food

Jerry:
I have banded a few Robins, weights comparable to the Thrushes including =
averages. Three years in ago the I banded a female and was fortunate =
enough to recapture her each year following; beyond that banded numbers =
of Robins have been negligible.=20

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From: Jerry Blinn[SMTP:76506.3100 at CompuServe.COM]
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 1996 1:06 PM
To: Tweeters
Subject: Varied Thrushes as food

Diana, I'm sure you don't band Robins??=20

Do you happen to have weights for them?=20

How about for Sharpies? -- Don??

Jerry


E-mail from: Jerry Blinn, 30-Oct-1996



Jerry:
The respective weights for the few robins I have banded average 118.2 =
grams, high 128 grams, low 108 grams. I have been fortunate to have =
banded two sharpies, a female weighing in at 124.9 grams and a male =
weighing in at 177 grams. Interestingly enough both sharpies were =
caught in the net while they were in pursuit of other birds, most likely =
an unsuspecting junco that frequent our feeders. One explantion for the =
heavier weight factor would be I band these birds after molting and =
during the season when calorie accumulation is at its peak. When =
analyzing my data for other species banded year round, I notice a =
decline species wide in wieght during the summer months. Let me know if =
there are any other questions I might answer or help with.

Diana
djpeffer at nwinternet.com

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