On Dec 9, 2012, at 11:22 PM, Bob and Barb Boekelheide wrote:

> On 12/4/12, Glen Goschen discovered a Burrowing Owl on private property near Sequim Bay. There are only a few BUOW records for Clallam Co, the last one recorded by Scott Atkinson within a mile or two from this site on the Sequim-Dungeness CBC in 2006, so it is noteworthy.
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> Glen showed the bird to a small number of us today (12/9/12), and we discovered from our photos that it is banded with an USFWS metal band on its left leg and a green anodized numbered band on its right leg. Unfortunately we can't read the bands from our photos, although the green band shows a large "0". Does anyone know who might be using this banding scheme on BUOW? I have sent a note to the Bird Banding Lab, but just wondering if someone in TweetersLand might know.

Sounds like a match ...

http://www.calpoly.edu/~mstiles/band.html

> Burrowing Owls
> In the summer of 2004, 6000 burrowing owls were banded in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Each bird is wearing a color metal band on one leg and an aluminum Fish and Wildlife band on the other. Some bands are butt-ended while others are lock-on bands with a flange. Every color band has an alpha-numeric code which can be difficult to read but it is possible with a scope. If you see a banded owl, please record the color of the band, the code, whether there is a line in the middle of the band, and which leg the color band is on. Burrowing owls have been found wintering from Washington state to Texas and Mexico. Recently a banded burrowing owl from Lubbock, Texas, was found in Michoacan and another from Saskatchewan wintered in south Texas. We request your help in locating more of these owls. If you locate a banded owl, even if you are not able to read the band yourself, please contact me AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. Thank you. Helen Trefry, phone 780-951-8693, fax 780-495-2615 Helen.trefry at ec.gc.ca

"which leg the color band is on" is always a good thing to note if you see a banded bird. It often encodes the sex of the bird.
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