Rolan,

If I'd known there was an award, I would have titled it "readily
recognizable ringed robin regular return registered recently."

Dennis

On Feb 27, 2008, at 3:07 PM, Rolan Nelson wrote:

> And Dennis's Subject line gets today's Awesome Alliteration Award!
>
> -Rolan
>
> Dennis Paulson <dennispaulson at comcast.net> wrote:
> Hello, tweets.
>
> Last summer I had a distinctively marked male American Robin in my
> yard, with showy white eyerings. I photographed it in March and
> April and saw it well into the summer, although I don't know if it
> bred successfully or not. I didn't keep track of when it
> disappeared, but it was some time in late summer.
>
> But this afternoon I looked out in the front yard and there it was
> again, presumably a newly arrived migrant back from who knows
> where! It's really neat when you can recognize an individual bird
> by one of its own features. That's certainly the major reward of
> bird banding, individually recognizable birds that give us an
> insight into their lives.
>
> -----
> Dennis Paulson
> 1724 NE 98 St.
> Seattle, WA 98115
> 206-528-1382
> dennispaulson at comcast.net
>
>
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Dennis Paulson
1724 NE 98 St.
Seattle, WA 98115
206-528-1382
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