That banding combination is news to me...
I'd be interested in if you find out more.
Thanks,
Clarence
Cinebar, WA.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Bletsch" <garybletsch at yahoo.com>
To: <Tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 8:52 AM
Subject: [Tweeters] color-banded Accipiter


> Dear Tweeters,
>
> I could not tell for sure if it was a Sharpie or a
> Cooper's, but there was a beautiful adult Accipter,
> color banded, near Burlington on Saturday, 10-20-07.
>
> This bird was at a cattail pond in the Burlington
> Industrial Park, or whatever it is called, just N of
> Burlington Hill. I call this site "Gear Road Pond." It
> used to be a wetland area by a farm along Gear Road,
> reached by crossing the RR tracks and driving due east
> toward a stonemasonry. This site used to be a real
> shorebird spot, but is only a sad remnant now.
>
> Anyway, the bird had a blue color band on the left leg
> and an aluminum band on the right. I think the bird
> was a male Cooper's, but am not a hundred percent
> sure. It perched atop a brushpile for ten minutes,
> then flew to the top of a delivery van. It perched on
> the van for five minutes, then flew off.
>
> Perhaps someone in Tweeterland knows of an Accipiter
> banding operation somewhere?
>
> Just a shot in the dark.
>
> Yours truly,
>
> Gary Bletsch
>
>
> Yours truly,
>
> Gary Bletsch
>
> near Lyman (Skagit County), Washington
>
> garybletsch at yahoo.com
>
>
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