It is also possible that the bird is an escapee. Owners can get metal bands with personally unique numbers and also use color bands for easy ID purposes. These numbers are not reported to USGS. There i also the possibility that the bird was banded outside the US. A co-worker recovered a Pintail banded in Japan. Lots of possibilities.
Hal Michael
Science Outreach Director, Sustainable Fisheries Foundation
Olympia WA
360-459-4005
360-791-7702 (C)
ucd880 at comcast.net
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On July 3, 2018 at 6:41 AM Jeff Kozma <jcr_5105 at charter.net> wrote:
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You can report banded birds here:
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https://www.fws.gov/birds/surveys-and-data/bird-banding/reporting-banded-bir
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ds.php
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Anyone banding wild birds in the U.S. has to have a federal banding permit
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and must report their banding efforts to USGS. Anyone that sees or finds a
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banded bird can report the information to the USGS using their online form.
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This is important because once the banded bird is reported, the bander is
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notified of the relocation/sighting and the information on the band return
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is recorded by USGS and the bander in order to track the movements of banded
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birds. In turn, the person who reports the banded bird gets a certificate
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in the mail with information one where and when the bird was originally
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banded. It's a win win for everyone.
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Jeff Kozma
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Yakima
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J c r underscore 5105 at charter dot net
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From: Tweeters [mailto:tweeters-bounces at mailman11.u.washington.edu] On
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Behalf Of merdave at homenetnw.net
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Sent: Monday, July 2, 2018 9:44 PM
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To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
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Subject: [Tweeters] Banded Harlequin
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Subject: Harlequin
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From: "R Victor Glick" <libbyvictor at yahoo.com>
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----I received this message today. R. Glick lives in Winthrop. Meredith
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Spencer---------------------------------------------------------------------
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We found a banded male Harlequin 20 miles north of Winthrop, WA, sitting on
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a rock in the Chewuch River with two females. He had a blue band on his
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left leg with the letters JP. An aluminum band was on the right leg, with
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the first two numbers being 71. Does anyone know of harlequins being banded
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in the Pacific Northwest? Thanks, Libby Schreiner
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