At 01:06 PM 9/12/97 -0700, you wrote:
>
>Just a quick note of interest. I captured a after-second year (ASY) male
>Purple Finch (PUFI) at McChord AFB (Air Force Base) on 7/1/97 that
was...snip...
>
>That is the first long distance recovery that I have gotten out of 1725
>birds banded at McChord. Sam Agnew, in Spanaway several miles away, has
>captured several of my Purple Finchs in the past.
>
>Foreign recoveries are few and far between. It is to a bander what a
>White Wagtail is to a Washington Birder. Pretty darn cool.
>
Hey Russell, congratulations! Little rewards like that once in a while is
what makes it all worthwhile!

Peggi
Ben & Peggi Rodgers
Aptos, CA (near Santa Cruz 122 W, 37 N)
USA
woodduck at cruzio.com
http://www2.cruzio.com/~woodduck/


"A bird does not sing because it has an answer,
It sings because it has a song"