Don,

Are you a politician? With logic as written below, you are a shoe-in.

"If a bird is banded and never seen again, then it has to be that the bird
died because of being banded and it cannot be disputed because there is no
evidence to the contrary. So if every person that bands a bird can account
for all the birds where a bouts, then they should do so, otherwise those
missing birds have died because of being banded, only the lucky survive. And
that is an absolute fact!"

So then, a bird banded 10 years ago and still wearing the band is just
waiting to die?

-J. Acker
owler at sounddsl.com
Bainbridge Island, WA


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[mailto:tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Don Wallace
Sent: Friday, April 06, 2012 10:13 AM
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Subject: [Tweeters] Bird Banding - debate continues

Hi Folks,



I have gotten a good number of responses to my post, and I would like to
keep getting more.
The responses have been on both side of the fence. Those that have been for
banding birds mostly say that there is no harm to the birds.

My response to that is: all banders and researchers will not report any
death caused by netting or banding.

If a bird is banded and never seen again, then it has to be that the bird
died because of being banded and it cannot be disputed because there is no
evidence to the contrary. So if every person that bands a bird can account
for all the birds where a bouts, then they should do so, otherwise those
missing birds have died because of being banded, only the lucky survive. And
that is an absolute fact!

I was sent a link to a website where one person has banded 50 dippers, but
can only account for one. 49 died just to watch one grow old. How fortunate
is that?


Keep the comments coming, I would like to hear from everyone.

Don
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