The albatross was banded in 1998.

Mike Patterson wrote:
>
> On 9/16/2000 I found a dead Black-footed Albatross on
> Clatsop Beach with a band.
>
> I have just received my official certificate of appreciation
> with the following:
>
> Band number: 1517-200045 Banded: 06/20/1998
> Species: Black-ft Albatross Sex: unknown
> Age of bird: was too young to
> fly when banded in 1998
> Location: Near Sand Island Midway P OC
> Bander: Hawaiian Island NWR
> Elizabeth Flint
>
> --
> Mike Patterson Alas, to wear the mantle of Galileo,
> Astoria, OR it is not enough to be persecuted
> celata at pacifier.com by an unkind establishment,
> you must also be right.
> ---Robert Park
> http://www.pacifier.com/~mpatters/bird/bird.html

--
Mike Patterson Alas, to wear the mantle of Galileo,
Astoria, OR it is not enough to be persecuted
celata at pacifier.com by an unkind establishment,
you must also be right.
---Robert Park
http://www.pacifier.com/~mpatters/bird/bird.html