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3 Jul Banding Purple Martins ["R.D. Everhart" ] 3 Jul Banding Purple Martins ["R.D. Everhart" ] 1 Jul Chuck-wills Widow [Lester Peyton ] 30 Jun Re: Mist-nets - message approved by BIRDBAND/Jean Bickal [Spidertech ] 30 Jun Re: Mist-nets - message approved by BIRDBAND/Jean Bickal [Lester Peyton ] 28 Jun Hilton Pond 06/15/09 [Research at Hilton Pond ] 25 Jun Re: permit fee [Bill Mattox ] 25 Jun banders in NC and GA? [Dawn Garcia ] 22 Jun Mist-nets - message approved by BIRDBAND/Jean Bickal [SpiderTech ] 20 Jun Interesting article on evolution of feather molt. ["R.D. Everhart" ] 20 Jun Interesting article on evolution of feather molt. ["R.D. Everhart" ] 17 Jun Re: feeder trap ["Allen T. Chartier" ] 17 Jun feeder trap ["C. John Ralph" ] 16 Jun Colour-banded Brewster spotted near Montreal [Marie-Anne Hudson ] 16 Jun Hilton Pond 06/08/09 [Research at Hilton Pond ] 16 Jun North American Pine Siskin Invasion of 2009 [John and Sue Gregoire ] 14 Jun Baby Bluebirds ["R.D. Everhart" ] 14 Jun Baby Bluebirds ["R.D. Everhart" ] 13 Jun Re: Ageing birds in the summer ["Allen T. Chartier" ] 12 Jun Wing tagged White Pelican [bewickwren ] 12 Jun Ageing birds in the summer ["R.D. Everhart" ] 12 Jun Ageing birds in the summer ["R.D. Everhart" ] 12 Jun Ageing birds in the summer ["R.D. Everhart" ] 12 Jun How to Contact the BBL [Research at Hilton Pond ] 11 Jun Spring 2009 banding summary - Metro Beach Metropark ["Allen T. Chartier" ] 9 Jun Hilton Pond 06/10/09 (Fledgling Birds) [Research at Hilton Pond ] 8 Jun Metro Beach Banding Report - June 5-6, 2009 ["Allen T. Chartier" ] 8 Jun Re: problems with new 1A bands - prefix 2411 [Michael Lancaster ] 7 Jun Radar Still Indicating Migration ["R.D. Everhart" ] 7 Jun Radar Still Indicating Migration ["R.D. Everhart" ] 7 Jun Radar Still Indicating Migration ["R.D. Everhart" ] 7 Jun Re: problems with new 1A bands - prefix 2411 [Andrew Boyle ] 7 Jun Re: problems with new 1A bands - prefix 2411 [Cailin O'Connor Fitzpatrick ] 7 Jun Re: problems with new 1A bands - prefix 2411 [Research at Hilton Pond ] 7 Jun problems with new 1A bands - prefix 2411 [Elizabeth Copper ] 6 Jun Banding Rainout, Friday Night Radar, ["R.D. Everhart" ] 5 Jun Re: USFWS clarifies banding permit question [Robert Mulvihill ] 5 Jun Re: USFWS clarifies banding permit question [Research at Hilton Pond ] 4 Jun Advanced Bird Banding Class [Danielle Kaschube ] 4 Jun Strange Injury to Red-winged Blackbird ["R.D. Everhart" ] 4 Jun Strange Injury to Red-winged Blackbird ["R.D. Everhart" ] 4 Jun Strange Injury to Red-winged Blackbird ["R.D. Everhart" ] 4 Jun burrowing owl - color banded [] 4 Jun Long Point Bird Observatory [LPBO Coordinator ] 3 Jun Opening and closing stainless steel bands [DRMeyer ] 2 Jun Walter added you as a friend on MyLife! [Walter Sakai ] 2 Jun Hilton Pond 05/22/09 [Research at Hilton Pond ] 2 Jun Powdermill Bird Banding [Andrew Vitz ] 1 Jun Buteo lineatus (RSHA) eye color [Anthony Hill ] 1 Jun Blog update ["Allen T. Chartier" ] 31 May Metro Beach banding report - May 29, 2009 ["Allen T. Chartier" ] 31 May Eye color, Red-shouldered hawk ["Ingold, James" ] 29 May marked American Kestrels in Florida [Jessi Brown ] 29 May Submitting data to Bandit ["Lisa M. Gardner" ] 29 May Re: Marked American Kestrels [Charlie ] 28 May Re: Marked American Kestrels [Cailin O'Connor Fitzpatrick ] 28 May Marked American Kestrels [Marianne Korosy ] 27 May have you caught my siskin? [Charlie ] 27 May Metro Beach banding report - May 23 & 25, 2009 ["Allen T. Chartier" ] 25 May Memorial Day Banding ["R.D. Everhart" ] 25 May Memorial Day Banding ["R.D. Everhart" ] 25 May Memorial Day Banding ["R.D. Everhart" ] 25 May Re: re-captured tree swallow Tachycineta bicolor [Charlie ] 24 May Sunday Bird Banding ["R.D. Everhart" ] 24 May Re: re-captured tree swallow Tachycineta bicolor [Robert Frey ] 24 May Sunday Bird Banding ["R.D. Everhart" ] 24 May Sunday Bird Banding ["R.D. Everhart" ] 24 May re-captured tree swallow Tachycineta bicolor [David Mitchell ] 23 May Saturday morning banding ["R.D. Everhart" ] 23 May Saturday morning banding ["R.D. Everhart" ] 23 May Saturday morning banding ["R.D. Everhart" ] 23 May Re: spidertech [John and Sue Gregoire ] 22 May spidertech [Lester Peyton ] 21 May Hilton Pond 05/01/09 [Research at Hilton Pond ] 21 May An Australian bird banding blog [Anthony Overs ] 19 May Bulk of Migrants Have Left the South ["R.D. Everhart" ] Subject: Banding Purple Martins From: "R.D. Everhart" <everhart AT BLACK-HOLE.COM> Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 17:47:21 -0500 Over the last 3 days Mark Newstrom and I have banded close to 200 young Purple Martins. This year marks the first year of a color banding program to track birds. I have posted photos and a video clip for anyone interested at: http://minnesotabirdnerd.blogspot.com We will be banding more martins until mid-July. If anyone sees color banded Purple Martins, please record color of band and if possible the 3 number code on the band. This info can then be reported to the Bird Banding Lab. Good Birding, Roger Everhart Apple Valley, MN www.ncbo.org subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm Subject: Banding Purple Martins From: "R.D. Everhart" <everhart AT black-hole.com> Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 17:47:21 -0500 Over the last 3 days Mark Newstrom and I have banded close to 200 young Purple Martins. This year marks the first year of a color banding program to track birds. I have posted photos and a video clip for anyone interested at: http://minnesotabirdnerd.blogspot.com We will be banding more martins until mid-July. If anyone sees color banded Purple Martins, please record color of band and if possible the 3 number code on the band. This info can then be reported to the Bird Banding Lab. Good Birding, Roger Everhart Apple Valley, MN www.ncbo.org #################### You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin Birding Network (Wisbirdn). To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: http://www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: http://www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: http://www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn. Subject: Chuck-wills Widow From: Lester Peyton <lesterap AT FUSE.NET> Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 21:09:11 -0400 Hello, Does anyone have experience mist netting Chucks? I have heard they are difficult to catch but respond well to playback. Any advice, tips, or experience with this species would be most appreciated. Lester Peyton Harrison, Ohio subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm Subject: Re: Mist-nets - message approved by BIRDBAND/Jean Bickal From: Spidertech <jan AT SPIDERTECH.FI> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:09:58 +0300 Lester, the address jan AT spidertech.fi is correct and receives messages daily Try this one jan AT naccanil.fi Best wish -jan Lester Peyton kirjoitti: > I am (still) trying to get a hold of Jan at Spidertech. This email > address jan AT spidertech.fi keep bouncing back. If you read this Jan > please contact me. I am in need of some passerine nets. > > Lester Peyton > Harrison, OHio > ----- Original Message ----- From: "SpiderTech" > To: > Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 4:01 PM > Subject: [BIRDBAND] Mist-nets - message approved by BIRDBAND/Jean Bickal > > >> Hello folks, >> we are back with a new passerine net from a new producer. >> >> The nets were tailor-made for us according to following specs >> Thread 110d/2 polyamide >> Mesh 30 mm >> Height 2.7 m (200 meshes) >> Length 9 m & 12 m (540 & 600 meshes) >> Shelves 4 >> Tethered at strings 2 and 4 >> Upper end loop white >> >> During Spring the nets were tested for knots etc. in Finland and for >> color fastness in Brazil. >> They have worked well and after 6 weeks in Amazonian sun haze still >> look nice mat black. >> >> These nets are available from our stock in Helsinki at following prices >> 9 m USD 42 >> 12 m USD 49 >> Shipping added at self cost. >> >> Sample nets available for banding organizations at above prices >> including shipping. >> >> A new mystery bird on our web-site www.spidertech.fi. >> It is an European species so a free net for first correct answer from >> USA. >> >> Hope to hear from you. >> >> >> Have a Good Summer >> >> SPIDERTECH >> -jan >> >> -- >> SpiderTech >> Mist-nets - Bands - Whoosh-nets >> Speranskintie 3 >> FI-00150 HELSINKI >> Tel +358-9-6822020 >> Fax +358-9-6822080 >> Cell +358-400-416652 >> www.spidertech.fi >> http://vlsblog.blogit.fi/ >> >> subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand >> web site: >> http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm > > subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand > web site: > http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm > -- SpiderTech Speranskintie 3 FI-00150 HELSINKI Tel +358-9-6822020 Fax +358-9-6822080 Cell +358-400-416652 www.spidertech.fi http://vlsblog.blogit.fi/ subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm Subject: Re: Mist-nets - message approved by BIRDBAND/Jean Bickal From: Lester Peyton <lesterap AT FUSE.NET> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:01:39 -0400 I am (still) trying to get a hold of Jan at Spidertech. This email address jan AT spidertech.fi keep bouncing back. If you read this Jan please contact me. I am in need of some passerine nets. Lester Peyton Harrison, OHio ----- Original Message ----- From: "SpiderTech" To: Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 4:01 PM Subject: [BIRDBAND] Mist-nets - message approved by BIRDBAND/Jean Bickal > Hello folks, > we are back with a new passerine net from a new producer. > > The nets were tailor-made for us according to following specs > Thread 110d/2 polyamide > Mesh 30 mm > Height 2.7 m (200 meshes) > Length 9 m & 12 m (540 & 600 meshes) > Shelves 4 > Tethered at strings 2 and 4 > Upper end loop white > > During Spring the nets were tested for knots etc. in Finland and for color > fastness in Brazil. > They have worked well and after 6 weeks in Amazonian sun haze still look > nice mat black. > > These nets are available from our stock in Helsinki at following prices > 9 m USD 42 > 12 m USD 49 > Shipping added at self cost. > > Sample nets available for banding organizations at above prices including > shipping. > > A new mystery bird on our web-site www.spidertech.fi. > It is an European species so a free net for first correct answer from USA. > > Hope to hear from you. > > > Have a Good Summer > > SPIDERTECH > -jan > > -- > SpiderTech > Mist-nets - Bands - Whoosh-nets > Speranskintie 3 > FI-00150 HELSINKI > Tel +358-9-6822020 > Fax +358-9-6822080 > Cell +358-400-416652 > www.spidertech.fi > http://vlsblog.blogit.fi/ > > subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web > site: > http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm Subject: Hilton Pond 06/15/09 From: Research at Hilton Pond <research AT HILTONPOND.ORG> Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:45:26 -0400 What better way might there be to spend the longest day of the year than exploring woods and meadows of the Carolina Piedmont, taking snapshots of flora and fauna? That's what we did for the recent Summer Solstice, and we're pleased to share some images in the current installment of "This Week at Hilton Pond." To view our photo essay for 15-21 June 2009--complete with info about midsummer wildflowers, fungi, amphibians, birds, and pollinators, too--visit http://www.hiltonpond.org/ThisWeek090615.html . After reading the essay, be sure to scroll down for a list of all birds banded or recaptured during the period, plus some info about the new EarthTrek citizen science initiative that involves hummingbirds. Please also note the special $75 discount for our 2010 hummingbird expeditions to Costa Rica expires on 1 July, so sign up now to take advantage of this offer. Happy Nature Watching! BILL -- RESEARCH PROGRAM c/o BILL HILTON JR. Executive Director Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History 1432 DeVinney Road, York, South Carolina 29745 USA research AT hiltonpond.org, (803) 684-5852, eFax: (503) 218-0845 Please visit our web sites (courtesy of Comporium.net): Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History at http://www.hiltonpond.org "Operation RubyThroat: The Hummingbird Project" at http://www.rubythroat.org ********** subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm Subject: Re: permit fee From: Bill Mattox <wgmattox2 AT EARTHLINK.NET> Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:57:58 -0600 > Hi All > > I just received my application for my Kentucky State banding permit. The > annual fee is $250.00. I was wondering how this compares to other state > banding permit fees. > > Jeff > > subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: > http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm Jeff, An update from Idaho: Bird-banding is listed as one activity under a scientific collectors permit, which has been issued up until now at no charge. As a result of recently-passed legislation which attempts to beat the bushes for revenue, such a permit will now cost a bird-bander fifty dollars ($50) a year. Many activities fall under "scientific collecting", e.g., removal of biota from the wild by commercial operations, as well as bona fide collecting for science. Since we band at our own expense under BBL's permits (which are free), do not collect anything from the wild, and are required to submit our data to the State of Idaho, it seems illogical and unfair to charge bird-banders. I will appeal this fee and ask for a waiver. Failing approval of that, I'll hang it up. The fifty dollars is not the issue. The principle of charging us to perform a public service at our own expense, and require that we submit data therefrom to the State makes no sense whatsoever. One legislator who I know offered to go before our Fish and Game Commission about this issue. But I consider that to be too heavy-handed (He stated that the intent of the legislation was never to tax volunteers who work for the State at their own expense). There will, however, surely be some adverse publicity for the agency unless things change. Bill Mattox subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm Subject: banders in NC and GA? From: Dawn Garcia <mel.dawn AT SBCGLOBAL.NET> Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:35:57 -0700 HI, I'm traveling to Georgia and North Carolina in October (7th-15).  I'd like to fit in a visit and help band at an southern banding station.  Is anyone up and running during these dates?  Please contact me at mel.dawn AT sbcglobal.net   Dawn Garcia mel.dawn AT sbcglobal.net MS student-CSU Chico Chico, CA "and listen to them sing the wind becomes a thing alive with music whistles squawks and chirps a melody of world" From "Suicide Aside" Bruce Dethlefsen  subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm Subject: Mist-nets - message approved by BIRDBAND/Jean Bickal From: SpiderTech <jan AT SPIDERTECH.FI> Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:01:35 +0300 Hello folks, we are back with a new passerine net from a new producer. The nets were tailor-made for us according to following specs Thread 110d/2 polyamide Mesh 30 mm Height 2.7 m (200 meshes) Length 9 m & 12 m (540 & 600 meshes) Shelves 4 Tethered at strings 2 and 4 Upper end loop white During Spring the nets were tested for knots etc. in Finland and for color fastness in Brazil. They have worked well and after 6 weeks in Amazonian sun haze still look nice mat black. These nets are available from our stock in Helsinki at following prices 9 m USD 42 12 m USD 49 Shipping added at self cost. Sample nets available for banding organizations at above prices including shipping. A new mystery bird on our web-site www.spidertech.fi. It is an European species so a free net for first correct answer from USA. Hope to hear from you. Have a Good Summer SPIDERTECH -jan -- SpiderTech Mist-nets - Bands - Whoosh-nets Speranskintie 3 FI-00150 HELSINKI Tel +358-9-6822020 Fax +358-9-6822080 Cell +358-400-416652 www.spidertech.fi http://vlsblog.blogit.fi/ subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm Subject: Interesting article on evolution of feather molt. From: "R.D. Everhart" <everhart AT black-hole.com> Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 09:25:06 -0500 I came across an interesting article on feather molt in a large ancient bird species. I've posted a link at: http://minnesotabirdnerd.blogspot.com Roger Everhart Apple Valley, MN (but currently in Cedar Falls, Iowa) www.ncbo.org _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Interesting article on evolution of feather molt. From: "R.D. Everhart" <everhart AT BLACK-HOLE.COM> Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 09:25:06 -0500 I came across an interesting article on feather molt in a large ancient bird species. I've posted a link at: http://minnesotabirdnerd.blogspot.com Roger Everhart Apple Valley, MN (but currently in Cedar Falls, Iowa) www.ncbo.org subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm Subject: Re: feeder trap From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1 AT COMCAST.NET> Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:37:19 -0400 C.J. There was a trap that Geoff Hill devised to catch House Finches, which he used to catch them as part of a study that he did, which was eventually published. My mentor had a trap constructed by him, and she donated it to a station where I was working (but am no longer). I have since reproduced this design in a couple different sizes and made my own, and have had good success catching American Goldfinches (and others) on a thistle sock hung inside, and House Finches with sunflower, and even Downy Woodpeckers and White-breasted Nuthatches with suet hung inside (chickadees seem to be able to find their way out very quickly). Allen T. Chartier amazilia1 AT comcast.net Inkster, Michigan, USA ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Website: www.amazilia.net HummerNet: www.amazilia.net/MIHummerNet Blog: http://mihummingbirdguy.blogspot.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Every day, the hummingbird eats its own weight in food. You may wonder how it weighs the food. It doesn't. It just eats another hummingbird. -- Steven Wright ========================================= ----- Original Message ----- From: "C. John Ralph" To: Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 4:10 PM Subject: [BIRDBAND] feeder trap > Hi... I saw a trap that enclosed a hanging feeder, like a sunflower or > niger seed feeder. This entered by a series of perhaps six 1.5 inches > funnels that went into the trap. This was offered up for auction at the > Erie EBBA meeting. Does anybody know who made this trap? > > thanks, c.j. > -- > -----Dr. C. John Ralph > --- U.S. Forest Service, Redwood Sciences Laboratory, > 1700 Bayview Drive, Arcata, California 95521. > (707) 825-2992 (fax: 825-2901) home: 822-2015 cell: 499-9707 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > cjralph AT humboldt1.com cjr2 AT humboldt.edu cralph AT fs.fed.us > http://www.fs.fed.us/psw/programs/TimberManagement/staff/cralph/ > > subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web > site: > http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm > subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm Subject: feeder trap From: "C. John Ralph" <cjralph AT HUMBOLDT1.COM> Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:10:05 -0700 Hi... I saw a trap that enclosed a hanging feeder, like a sunflower or niger seed feeder. This entered by a series of perhaps six 1.5 inches funnels that went into the trap. This was offered up for auction at the Erie EBBA meeting. Does anybody know who made this trap? thanks, c.j. -- -----Dr. C. John Ralph --- U.S. Forest Service, Redwood Sciences Laboratory, 1700 Bayview Drive, Arcata, California 95521. (707) 825-2992 (fax: 825-2901) home: 822-2015 cell: 499-9707 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- cjralph AT humboldt1.com cjr2 AT humboldt.edu cralph AT fs.fed.us http://www.fs.fed.us/psw/programs/TimberManagement/staff/cralph/ subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm Subject: Colour-banded Brewster spotted near Montreal From: Marie-Anne Hudson <marieanne.hudson AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:58:29 -0400 Hi all, A birder in the Montreal area just posted the following (translated from french). Is this your bird? "I just photographed a hybrid Golden-winged X Blue-winged Warbler (Brewster type) near Godmanchester this morning. It was singing like a Blue-winged Warbler and had an aluminium band on its left leg, and a red band on its right leg. The photo was taken from afar and so no details are available for the band number." Happy banding, Marie-Anne Hudson McGill Bird Observatory Marie-Anne Hudson Director, McGill Bird Observatory Ph.D. candidate, McGill University Natural Resource Sciences MS3-039 21,111 Lakeshore Road Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec H9X 3V9 subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm Subject: Hilton Pond 06/08/09 From: Research at Hilton Pond <research AT HILTONPOND.ORG> Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:12:00 -0400 When folks are out looking over nature, they often overlook clover--ubiquitous plants that despite being foreign and possibly invasive in North America play important roles from enriching soil to nurturing cattle to serving as host plants for butterflies and moths. "This Week at Hilton Pond" we look closely at clover in our photo essay for 8-14 June 1009, viewable at http://www.hiltonpond.org/ThisWeek090608.html After pondering clover's eye-pleasing appearance and ecological significance, don't forget to scroll down for a tally of all birds banded or recaptured during the period. And our miscellaneous nature notes include photos of the season's first Trumpet Creeper flowers and a female House Finch that looked like a male--as well as a description of THREE banding milestones reached this week. Happy Nature Watching! BILL -- RESEARCH PROGRAM c/o BILL HILTON JR. Executive Director Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History 1432 DeVinney Road, York, South Carolina 29745 USA research AT hiltonpond.org, (803) 684-5852, eFax: (503) 218-0845 Please visit our web sites (courtesy of Comporium.net): Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History at http://www.hiltonpond.org "Operation RubyThroat: The Hummingbird Project" at http://www.rubythroat.org ********** subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm Subject: North American Pine Siskin Invasion of 2009 From: John and Sue Gregoire <khmo AT EMPACC.NET> Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:11:45 -0400 Dear Friends, I have volunteered as the bander liaison to a small group of independent researchers seeking to aggregate and quantify the incredible Pine Siskin invasion we experienced this winter/spring. Your banding data and anecdotal information will be critical to making this effort a success. We intend to consolidate the information and submit the result to North American Bird Bander for publication. We hope you will all participate in this national effort. Please provide input in the following format: 1.Bander Name Federal permit # Station Name, location and state Geographic Coordinates 1a. A short statement granting your permission to use your data for this purpose. 2. Period banded 2a. Period Observed (if different) 3. Number of Pine Siskins banded, # SY, #ASY , # AHY, # Unknown, # HY # males #females #unknowns # of "green morphs" 4. Comments and anecdotal information. 5. Please comment on any evidence of breeding or breeding behavior. Send your reports as soon as possible to khmo AT empacc.net and grosbeak AT clarityconnect.com. We will use a cut off date of 1 August for your submissions. If that's not adequate time, let us know. The sooner we get this together, the better, Thanks in advance for your assistance and data! Please pass this along to those not on Birdband that may have input. John -- John and Sue Gregoire Field Ornithologists Kestrel Haven Avian Migration Observatory 5373 Fitzgerald Road Burdett,NY 14818-9626 Website: http://www.empacc.net/~kestrelhaven/ "Conserve and Create Habitat" subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm Subject: Baby Bluebirds From: "R.D. Everhart" <everhart AT black-hole.com> Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:10:36 -0500 Banded my first brood of bluebirds this morning. 4 healthy chicks and parents that were pretty tolerant of my presence. I have a couple of photos posted: http://minnesotabirdnerd.blogspot.com I'm headed for Iowa today for 10 days at the University of Northern Iowa but will try to keep up with my blog from there. Roger Everhart Apple Valley, MN _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Baby Bluebirds From: "R.D. Everhart" <everhart AT BLACK-HOLE.COM> Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:10:36 -0500 Banded my first brood of bluebirds this morning. 4 healthy chicks and parents that were pretty tolerant of my presence. I have a couple of photos posted: http://minnesotabirdnerd.blogspot.com I'm headed for Iowa today for 10 days at the University of Northern Iowa but will try to keep up with my blog from there. Roger Everhart Apple Valley, MN subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm Subject: Re: Ageing birds in the summer From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1 AT COMCAST.NET> Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 08:03:05 -0400 Roger, Interesting blog, as always. I don't band very many Brown Thrashers, but I have seen the buff-tipped outer two greater secondary coverts on every one I've handled, spring or fall, known hatch-year or after hatch-year (based on eye color in fall). It has always been my assumption that these buff-tipped coverts were a pseudo molt limit and not useful for ageing. Allen T. Chartier amazilia1 AT comcast.net Inkster, Michigan, USA ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Website: www.amazilia.net HummerNet: www.amazilia.net/MIHummerNet Blog: http://mihummingbirdguy.blogspot.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Every day, the hummingbird eats its own weight in food. You may wonder how it weighs the food. It doesn't. It just eats another hummingbird. -- Steven Wright ========================================= ----- Original Message ----- From: "R.D. Everhart" To: Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 10:42 PM Subject: [BIRDBAND] Ageing birds in the summer With the end of northward migration coming soon and many young birds beginning to leave their nests, we banders begin the season when ageing becomes more of a chore. I have posted some photos showing some of the subtle differences that can help determine a birds age when in the hand. http://minnesotabirdnerd.blogspot.com I am heading to Iowa on Sunday to participate in an NSF Institute where the subject is wind energy. My focus is the siting of wind farms and their impact on wildlife (primarily birds and bats) If anybody has some good studies that you think I should access, feel free to pass along a link or reference. Thanks. Roger Everhart Apple Valley, MN www.ncbo.org subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm Subject: Wing tagged White Pelican From: bewickwren <bewickwren AT EARTHLINK.NET> Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:45:41 -0700 Hi All, My friend Chet McGaugh has been taking pictures at the Salton Sea again (Southern California). This time he photographed a white pelican with a red tag towards the leading edge of its inner right wing. This was on 10 June. The tag does not appear to be numbered or lettered, and he says that the legs appeared to be unbanded. You all were real helpful with the Brant that he photographed a few weeks ago, so I hope someone knows this bird too. I can send you a picture upon request. Thanks, John Green Riverside, CA subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm Subject: Ageing birds in the summer From: "R.D. Everhart" <everhart AT black-hole.com> Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:42:34 -0500 With the end of northward migration coming soon and many young birds beginning to leave their nests, we banders begin the season when ageing becomes more of a chore. I have posted some photos showing some of the subtle differences that can help determine a birds age when in the hand. http://minnesotabirdnerd.blogspot.com I am heading to Iowa on Sunday to participate in an NSF Institute where the subject is wind energy. My focus is the siting of wind farms and their impact on wildlife (primarily birds and bats) If anybody has some good studies that you think I should access, feel free to pass along a link or reference. Thanks. Roger Everhart Apple Valley, MN www.ncbo.org _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Ageing birds in the summer From: "R.D. Everhart" <everhart AT black-hole.com> Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:42:34 -0500 With the end of northward migration coming soon and many young birds beginning to leave their nests, we banders begin the season when ageing becomes more of a chore. I have posted some photos showing some of the subtle differences that can help determine a birds age when in the hand. http://minnesotabirdnerd.blogspot.com I am heading to Iowa on Sunday to participate in an NSF Institute where the subject is wind energy. My focus is the siting of wind farms and their impact on wildlife (primarily birds and bats) If anybody has some good studies that you think I should access, feel free to pass along a link or reference. Thanks. Roger Everhart Apple Valley, MN www.ncbo.org #################### You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin Birding Network (Wisbirdn). To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: http://www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: http://www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: http://www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn. Subject: Ageing birds in the summer From: "R.D. Everhart" <everhart AT BLACK-HOLE.COM> Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:42:34 -0500 With the end of northward migration coming soon and many young birds beginning to leave their nests, we banders begin the season when ageing becomes more of a chore. I have posted some photos showing some of the subtle differences that can help determine a birds age when in the hand. http://minnesotabirdnerd.blogspot.com I am heading to Iowa on Sunday to participate in an NSF Institute where the subject is wind energy. My focus is the siting of wind farms and their impact on wildlife (primarily birds and bats) If anybody has some good studies that you think I should access, feel free to pass along a link or reference. Thanks. Roger Everhart Apple Valley, MN www.ncbo.org subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm Subject: How to Contact the BBL From: Research at Hilton Pond <research AT HILTONPOND.ORG> Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:36:45 -0400 Ellen Paul asked me to post the following message to BIRDBAND. ============ Some recent posts on BirdBand regarding band quality issues were brought to my attention and I in turn suggested that the posters contact the Bird Banding Lab. Not for the first time, I was told that banders aren't quite sure who at the BBL is responsible for specific aspects of BBL operations. I called this to the attention of Bruce Peterjohn, the BBL chief, who told me that the BBL general mailbox *is* monitored every day, and that all contact can go through that e-mail as the BBL will then direct it to the right person. So you might want to add this e-mail address to your address book: BBL AT usgs.gov Many people - including me - are leery of general e-mail addresses, general voice-mail boxes, and "to whom it may concern" letters. However, here the BBL is assuring us that they do in fact monitor that general e-mail box every day so everyone can and should feel comfortable using it. Ellen -- RESEARCH PROGRAM c/o BILL HILTON JR. Executive Director Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History 1432 DeVinney Road, York, South Carolina 29745 USA research AT hiltonpond.org, (803) 684-5852, eFax: (503) 218-0845 Please visit our web sites (courtesy of Comporium.net): Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History at http://www.hiltonpond.org "Operation RubyThroat: The Hummingbird Project" at http://www.rubythroat.org ********** subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm Subject: Spring 2009 banding summary - Metro Beach Metropark From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1 AT COMCAST.NET> Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:07:14 -0400 Birders and Banders, I have just posted a brief summary of results from Spring 2009 banding at Metro Beach Metro Park, Macomb Co., Michigan on my blog. Go to: http://mihummingbirdguy.blogspot.com In a few weeks I'll post a detailed summary of the entire season, which will be viewable at: www.amazilia.net/MetroBeachBanding Allen T. Chartier amazilia1 AT comcast.net Inkster, Michigan, USA ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Website: www.amazilia.net HummerNet: www.amazilia.net/MIHummerNet Blog: http://mihummingbirdguy.blogspot.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Every day, the hummingbird eats its own weight in food. You may wonder how it weighs the food. It doesn't. It just eats another hummingbird. -- Steven Wright ========================================= subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm Subject: Hilton Pond 06/10/09 (Fledgling Birds) From: Research at Hilton Pond <research AT HILTONPOND.ORG> Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 18:57:57 -0400 Lots of things about fledgling birds make them look their age, even when they don't particularly look like their parents. For a photo essay about what characteristics make young birds look young, please visit the 1-7 June 2009 edition of "This Week at Hilton Pond" at http://www.hiltonpond.org/ThisWeek090601.html After viewing the installment--which includes a quickie quiz on a Mystery Fledgling--don't forget to scroll down for a list of all birds banded or recaptured during the period. We also provide a few miscellaneous nature notes, including one about our first banded Ruby-throated Hummingbirds of the season. Enrollment is now open for all of our 2010 hummingbird expeditions to Central America: Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Belize. (Just one slot left for the latter!) For more information or to sign up, see the link from the current installment of "This Week at Hilton Pond." Happy Nature Watching! BILL -- RESEARCH PROGRAM c/o BILL HILTON JR. Executive Director Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History 1432 DeVinney Road, York, South Carolina 29745 USA research AT hiltonpond.org, (803) 684-5852, eFax: (503) 218-0845 Please visit our web sites (courtesy of Comporium.net): Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History at http://www.hiltonpond.org "Operation RubyThroat: The Hummingbird Project" at http://www.rubythroat.org ********** subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm Subject: Metro Beach Banding Report - June 5-6, 2009 From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1 AT COMCAST.NET> Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2009 12:48:06 -0400 Birders and Banders, I have just posted results, highlights, and photos from the final week of spring banding at Metro Beach Metro Park, Macomb Co., Michigan on my blog. In a week or so, I'll post a brief summary of the entire season. Go to: http://mihummingbirdguy.blogspot.com Allen T. Chartier amazilia1 AT comcast.net Inkster, Michigan, USA ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Website: www.amazilia.net HummerNet: www.amazilia.net/MIHummerNet Blog: http://mihummingbirdguy.blogspot.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Every day, the hummingbird eats its own weight in food. You may wonder how it weighs the food. It doesn't. It just eats another hummingbird. -- Steven Wright ========================================= subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm Subject: Re: problems with new 1A bands - prefix 2411 From: Michael Lancaster <mbl.tenbel AT GOOGLEMAIL.COM> Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2009 06:21:45 -0700 Interesting, my old 1B bands leave a gap, my new 1B bands (2431) are perfect. Pliers obviously effect the issue as well. Barry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cailin O'Connor Fitzpatrick" To: Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 9:20 AM Subject: Re: [BIRDBAND] problems with new 1A bands - prefix 2411 >I COMPLETELY agree about the 2291 1B's - the oil is disgusting and they are > VERY thick and difficult to open/close. I also feel the shape isn't > exactly right because my pliers which previously closed 1B's perfectly > leave a > small space that I have to close carefully with the 1 hole. > > I've also been having issues with 0 and 1 - I have only been banding for > several years but I see a pretty clear difference in quality control > myself. > The 0's, I literally have to shape them myself with pliers before opening > them because they're completely lopsided and will overlap if not shaped > individually and the 1's are already spiraled on the strand! > > Cailin O'Connor Fitzpatrick > Raccoon Ridge Bird Observatory > Branchville, NJ > > > In a message dated 6/7/2009 11:34:57 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > research AT HILTONPOND.ORG writes: > > ELIZABETH . . . > > I have just the opposite problem; my 2301 series 1A bands--I only got > 200 of them--open TOO easily and are TOO thin for the species on > which I use them most: Northern Cardinal. Adult cardinals have been > smashing and/or removing the 2301 bands, which aren't as sturdy as > the various 1A series that preceded them. > > However, in my experience the new 1B bands (series 2291) are like > your 2411 series 1A bands--too thick and stiff, hard to close > properly, and capable of breaking the pins on pliers. Those bands > also have a black sheen to them; I wonder if this is some sort of > alloy contamination. > > Incidentally, my latest 1B bands came coated with machine oil that > was soaking through the envelope and difficult to clean from inside > the bands. This oil can't possibly be good for birds. > > It seems to me bands in the past few years are not going through the > same quality control at the manufacturer. I looks like they're > changing alloys and perhaps metal thickness without regard for the > end user, or for the birds that receive the bands. > > And I don't even want to talk about how illegible many of the band > numbers are these days--and it isn't because my eyes are getting > worse! > > I can imagine that getting bands just right is a real engineering > challenge. Here's hoping the BBL can resolve some of these > difficulties with the current manufacturer. > > Happy Banding! > > BILL > > ========== > >>Re: Serious Problems with new (prefix 2411) 1A >>bands - use extra care >> >>We are having significant problems with the bands that we received this >>season, prefix 2411. The bands appear to be a different alloy than those >>in the 2301 series. While the inner diameter is apparently correct (high >>rate of loss from chicks?) the bands do not close completely or evenly >>and >>so there is a tendency to overlap trying to do the final closure. They >>are >>difficult to open. Three pairs of banding pliers have broken trying to >>open bands. The edges appear uneven. Because of the thickness they tend >>to >>stick in the banding pliers. They appear to be more brittle - in trying >>to >>open bands evenly, second attempts which are regularly necessary often >>result in the band breaking. We are at the beginning of our hatching > season >>with nearly 3,000 nests in San Diego County that we need to band and > because >>of the problems the bands we are going to have to curtail our banding or >>stop. >> >>Unfortunately, BBL apparently does not have any of the older 2301 bands >>(last year's) which despite being thin and having faint imprinting >>suddenly look much better. >> >>Elizabeth Copper >>Coronado, CA >> > > -- > > RESEARCH PROGRAM > c/o BILL HILTON JR. Executive Director > Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History > 1432 DeVinney Road, York, South Carolina 29745 USA > research AT hiltonpond.org, (803) 684-5852, eFax: (503) 218-0845 > > Please visit our web sites (courtesy of Comporium.net): > Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History at > http://www.hiltonpond.org > "Operation RubyThroat: The Hummingbird Project" at > http://www.rubythroat.org > > ********** > > subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web > site: > http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm > > > **************An Excellent Credit Score is 750. See Yours in Just 2 Easy > Steps! > (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222377042x1201454362/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=62&bcd=Jun > eExcfooterNO62) > > subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web > site: > http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm Subject: Radar Still Indicating Migration From: "R.D. Everhart" <everhart AT black-hole.com> Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2009 22:12:26 -0500 Hi everyone- Tonight's radar images at 10 pm show what appears to be migration movement ahead of a low moving through the upper Midwest. Image posted at: http://minnesotabirdnerd.blogspot.com Roger Everhart Apple Valley, MN www.ncbo.org _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Radar Still Indicating Migration From: "R.D. Everhart" <everhart AT black-hole.com> Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2009 22:12:26 -0500 Hi everyone- Tonight's radar images at 10 pm show what appears to be migration movement ahead of a low moving through the upper Midwest. Image posted at: http://minnesotabirdnerd.blogspot.com Roger Everhart Apple Valley, MN www.ncbo.org #################### You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin Birding Network (Wisbirdn). To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: http://www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: http://www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: http://www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn. Subject: Radar Still Indicating Migration From: "R.D. Everhart" <everhart AT BLACK-HOLE.COM> Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2009 22:12:26 -0500 Hi everyone- Tonight's radar images at 10 pm show what appears to be migration movement ahead of a low moving through the upper Midwest. Image posted at: http://minnesotabirdnerd.blogspot.com Roger Everhart Apple Valley, MN www.ncbo.org subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm Subject: Re: problems with new 1A bands - prefix 2411 From: Andrew Boyle <andybgator AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2009 15:54:11 -0700 Hello, All. --- On Sun, 6/7/09, Elizabeth Copper wrote: > From: Elizabeth Copper > We are having significant problems with the bands that we > received this season, prefix 2411. We have this same inventory number and the main problem we find is that the metal seems a lot more 'soft'. I always use my typical pliers for this size to get the bands closed most of the way and then switch to the smaller size available to get them closed completely. I haven't had any problems with overlap this way but squeezing the bands closed with the smaller size pliers seems to cling onto the bands (the pliers sinking into the metal a bit) and then I have to make an additional effort to get the band unstuck from the pliers before releasing the birds. I find that going slowly helps, though we only have a small number of birds each session so I have a little more time. We also have noticed this with 1B bands for the last couple of years and it seems some change was made with the composition of the alloys. The 1Bs for us often seem to crimp the numbers almost to illegibility. Not happy with it but, as I mentioned, we have smaller numbers so we can usually track down the recaps that we have banded. In conclusion, maybe just go carefully when you can. Andrew Boyle Orlando, FL subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm Subject: Re: problems with new 1A bands - prefix 2411 From: Cailin O'Connor Fitzpatrick <CelticCail AT AOL.COM> Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2009 12:20:49 EDT I COMPLETELY agree about the 2291 1B's - the oil is disgusting and they are VERY thick and difficult to open/close. I also feel the shape isn't exactly right because my pliers which previously closed 1B's perfectly leave a small space that I have to close carefully with the 1 hole. I've also been having issues with 0 and 1 - I have only been banding for several years but I see a pretty clear difference in quality control myself. The 0's, I literally have to shape them myself with pliers before opening them because they're completely lopsided and will overlap if not shaped individually and the 1's are already spiraled on the strand! Cailin O'Connor Fitzpatrick Raccoon Ridge Bird Observatory Branchville, NJ In a message dated 6/7/2009 11:34:57 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, research AT HILTONPOND.ORG writes: ELIZABETH . . . I have just the opposite problem; my 2301 series 1A bands--I only got 200 of them--open TOO easily and are TOO thin for the species on which I use them most: Northern Cardinal. Adult cardinals have been smashing and/or removing the 2301 bands, which aren't as sturdy as the various 1A series that preceded them. However, in my experience the new 1B bands (series 2291) are like your 2411 series 1A bands--too thick and stiff, hard to close properly, and capable of breaking the pins on pliers. Those bands also have a black sheen to them; I wonder if this is some sort of alloy contamination. Incidentally, my latest 1B bands came coated with machine oil that was soaking through the envelope and difficult to clean from inside the bands. This oil can't possibly be good for birds. It seems to me bands in the past few years are not going through the same quality control at the manufacturer. I looks like they're changing alloys and perhaps metal thickness without regard for the end user, or for the birds that receive the bands. And I don't even want to talk about how illegible many of the band numbers are these days--and it isn't because my eyes are getting worse! I can imagine that getting bands just right is a real engineering challenge. Here's hoping the BBL can resolve some of these difficulties with the current manufacturer. Happy Banding! BILL ========== >Re: Serious Problems with new (prefix 2411) 1A >bands - use extra care > >We are having significant problems with the bands that we received this >season, prefix 2411. The bands appear to be a different alloy than those >in the 2301 series. While the inner diameter is apparently correct (high >rate of loss from chicks?) the bands do not close completely or evenly and >so there is a tendency to overlap trying to do the final closure. They are >difficult to open. Three pairs of banding pliers have broken trying to >open bands. The edges appear uneven. Because of the thickness they tend to >stick in the banding pliers. They appear to be more brittle - in trying to >open bands evenly, second attempts which are regularly necessary often >result in the band breaking. We are at the beginning of our hatching season >with nearly 3,000 nests in San Diego County that we need to band and because >of the problems the bands we are going to have to curtail our banding or >stop. > >Unfortunately, BBL apparently does not have any of the older 2301 bands >(last year's) which despite being thin and having faint imprinting >suddenly look much better. > >Elizabeth Copper >Coronado, CA > -- RESEARCH PROGRAM c/o BILL HILTON JR. Executive Director Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History 1432 DeVinney Road, York, South Carolina 29745 USA research AT hiltonpond.org, (803) 684-5852, eFax: (503) 218-0845 Please visit our web sites (courtesy of Comporium.net): Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History at http://www.hiltonpond.org "Operation RubyThroat: The Hummingbird Project" at http://www.rubythroat.org ********** subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm **************An Excellent Credit Score is 750. See Yours in Just 2 Easy Steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222377042x1201454362/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=62&bcd=Jun eExcfooterNO62) subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm Subject: Re: problems with new 1A bands - prefix 2411 From: Research at Hilton Pond <research AT HILTONPOND.ORG> Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2009 11:34:27 -0400 ELIZABETH . . . I have just the opposite problem; my 2301 series 1A bands--I only got 200 of them--open TOO easily and are TOO thin for the species on which I use them most: Northern Cardinal. Adult cardinals have been smashing and/or removing the 2301 bands, which aren't as sturdy as the various 1A series that preceded them. However, in my experience the new 1B bands (series 2291) are like your 2411 series 1A bands--too thick and stiff, hard to close properly, and capable of breaking the pins on pliers. Those bands also have a black sheen to them; I wonder if this is some sort of alloy contamination. Incidentally, my latest 1B bands came coated with machine oil that was soaking through the envelope and difficult to clean from inside the bands. This oil can't possibly be good for birds. It seems to me bands in the past few years are not going through the same quality control at the manufacturer. I looks like they're changing alloys and perhaps metal thickness without regard for the end user, or for the birds that receive the bands. And I don't even want to talk about how illegible many of the band numbers are these days--and it isn't because my eyes are getting worse! I can imagine that getting bands just right is a real engineering challenge. Here's hoping the BBL can resolve some of these difficulties with the current manufacturer. Happy Banding! BILL ========== >Re: Serious Problems with new (prefix 2411) 1A >bands - use extra care > >We are having significant problems with the bands that we received this >season, prefix 2411. The bands appear to be a different alloy than those >in the 2301 series. While the inner diameter is apparently correct (high >rate of loss from chicks?) the bands do not close completely or evenly and >so there is a tendency to overlap trying to do the final closure. They are >difficult to open. Three pairs of banding pliers have broken trying to >open bands. The edges appear uneven. Because of the thickness they tend to >stick in the banding pliers. They appear to be more brittle - in trying to >open bands evenly, second attempts which are regularly necessary often >result in the band breaking. We are at the beginning of our hatching season >with nearly 3,000 nests in San Diego County that we need to band and because >of the problems the bands we are going to have to curtail our banding or >stop. > >Unfortunately, BBL apparently does not have any of the older 2301 bands >(last year's) which despite being thin and having faint imprinting >suddenly look much better. > >Elizabeth Copper >Coronado, CA > -- RESEARCH PROGRAM c/o BILL HILTON JR. Executive Director Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History 1432 DeVinney Road, York, South Carolina 29745 USA research AT hiltonpond.org, (803) 684-5852, eFax: (503) 218-0845 Please visit our web sites (courtesy of Comporium.net): Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History at http://www.hiltonpond.org "Operation RubyThroat: The Hummingbird Project" at http://www.rubythroat.org ********** subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm Subject: problems with new 1A bands - prefix 2411 From: Elizabeth Copper <ecopper AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2009 04:45:41 +0000 Re: Serious Problems with new (prefix 2411) 1A bands - use extra care We are having significant problems with the bands that we received this season, prefix 2411. The bands appear to be a different alloy than those in the 2301 series. While the inner diameter is apparently correct (high rate of loss from chicks?) the bands do not close completely or evenly and so there is a tendency to overlap trying to do the final closure. They are difficult to open. Three pairs of banding pliers have broken trying to open bands. The edges appear uneven. Because of the thickness they tend to stick in the banding pliers. They appear to be more brittle - in trying to open bands evenly, second attempts which are regularly necessary often result in the band breaking. We are at the beginning of our hatching season with nearly 3,000 nests in San Diego County that we need to band and because of the problems the bands we are going to have to curtail our banding or stop. Unfortunately, BBL apparently does not have any of the older 2301 bands (last year's) which despite being thin and having faint imprinting suddenly look much better. Elizabeth Copper Coronado, CA _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_BR_life_in_synch_062009 subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm Subject: Banding Rainout, Friday Night Radar, From: "R.D. Everhart" <everhart AT BLACK-HOLE.COM> Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2009 10:35:47 -0500 I had hoped to get in some late spring bird banding this weekend but it looks like the weather might not cooperate. Rain all weekend here in Minnesota. I checked the radar last night and it appeared there might still be some migration going on. Returns all over the eastern U.S. (as far south as Texas) looked like there was movement but with fairly low densities. Might be worth going out and looking for some "stragglers". http://minnesotabirdnerd.blogspot.com Roger Everhart Apple Valley, MN www.ncbo.org subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm Subject: Re: USFWS clarifies banding permit question From: Robert Mulvihill <mulvihill AT PABIRDATLAS.ORG> Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 16:04:06 -0400 On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 2:10 PM, Research at Hilton Pond < research AT hiltonpond.org> wrote: > We owe Ellen Paul a vote of thanks for taking the initiative to clear up > this matter with USFWS, some of whose employees apparently were > misinterpreting federal guidelines for handling birds. ... Bill, Yes, we (all) do! > Ellen does her work behind the scenes, with no fanfare, and sometimes > against pressure from folks who have contrary political agendas. I, for one, > appreciate everything she does on behalf of birds, ornithologists, banders, > and the public. I do, too! Thank you, Ellen! Best, Bob -- Robert S. Mulvihill Carnegie Museum of Natural History Project Coordinator 2nd PA Breeding Bird Atlas Powdermill Nature Reserve 1847 Route 381 Rector, PA 15677 (724) 593-6022 mulvihill AT pabirdatlas.org subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm Subject: Re: USFWS clarifies banding permit question From: Research at Hilton Pond <research AT HILTONPOND.ORG> Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 14:10:14 -0400 We owe Ellen Paul a vote of thanks for taking the initiative to clear up this matter with USFWS, some of whose employees apparently were misinterpreting federal guidelines for handling birds. According to them, no one except the master bander or subpermittee would be allowed to handle a bird in any way. Such policy would have severely restricted the work done by many of us who use bird banding as a research and education tool. Ellen does her work behind the scenes, with no fanfare, and sometimes against pressure from folks who have contrary political agendas. I, for one, appreciate everything she does on behalf of birds, ornithologists, banders, and the public. Happy Banding, BILL ================ >Following a discussion with the U.S. Bird Banding Lab about the need >for permits for field assistants who handle bird (e.g., remove birds >from nets, carry birds to banders, release birds) the Ornithological >Council consulted with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Divisions >of Migratory Bird Management and Law Enforcement). > >After investigation, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service determined >that because "50 CFR 13.25(d) states that "Except as otherwise >stated on the face of the permit, any person who is under the direct >control of the permittee, or who is employed by or under contract to >the permittee for purposes authorized by the permit, may carry out >the activity authorized by the permit ...that a volunteer or >assistant working with a permitted individual need not get his or >her own permit." > >Generally, the rule is that Master Banders should apply for permits >for "subpermittees if they require assistants to work independently >(out of direct supervision)." The Ornithological Council encourages >those who band birds to review the North American Bander's Manual > >and/or contact the Banding Lab should there be a question about the >need for a permit in any particular case.* > >The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Division of Migratory Bird >Management and the U.S. Bird Banding Lab are considering changes to >the regulations pertaining to bird banding and marking. Any proposed >changes will be published in the Federal Register for comment. The >Ornithological Council will distribute the Federal Register notice >through Ornith-L, OCNET, and BirdBand-L and encourages >ornithologists and banders to share their views with these agencies >and with the Ornithological Council. > >*As is the case with any communication pertaining to a permit, it is >always a good idea to keep a written record. > >-- >Ellen Paul >Executive Director >The Ornithological Council >Email: ellen.paul AT verizon.net >"Providing Scientific Information about Birds" >http://www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET" -- RESEARCH PROGRAM c/o BILL HILTON JR. Executive Director Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History 1432 DeVinney Road, York, South Carolina 29745 USA research AT hiltonpond.org, (803) 684-5852, eFax: (503) 218-0845 Please visit our web sites (courtesy of Comporium.net): Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History at http://www.hiltonpond.org "Operation RubyThroat: The Hummingbird Project" at http://www.rubythroat.org ********** subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm Subject: Advanced Bird Banding Class From: Danielle Kaschube <dkaschube AT BIRDPOP.ORG> Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 22:16:38 -0400 An advanced bird banding class will be hosted by Environmental Studies on the Piedmont in western Virginia, Oct 7 - 11, 2009, in cooperation with The Institute for Bird Populations. The cost is $650 for the class. Please click the link below to visit the Environmental Studies on the Piedmont's website which contains the registration form and more information. http://envstudies.org/Sections/CalendarPage/BirdBandingClass.html During a typical day, mornings are spent at mist nets with birds in the hand and afternoons consist of classroom lecture sessions. The pace of the course is fast but is tailored to the skill levels of the participants. The course is designed for experienced banders who wish to improve their sexing and ageing skills. It will focus on understanding and identifying the differences between specific adult age classes using the Identification Guide to North American Birds by Peter Pyle but time will also be spent addressing other advanced skills, such as skulling. Please pass this notice to friends, family, and colleagues who may have an interest in banding. Hope to see you there! ****************************** Danielle Kaschube MAPS Coordinator dkaschube AT birdpop.org In New Jersey : 609-625-0767 California Main Office: The Institute for Bird Populations P.O. Box 1346 Point Reyes Station, CA 94956-1346 Phone: 415-663-1436 Fax: 415-663-9482 ****************************** Visit IBP's website at www.birdpop.org subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm Subject: Strange Injury to Red-winged Blackbird From: "R.D. Everhart" <everhart AT black-hole.com> Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 20:13:31 -0500 I've posted a couple of photos on my blog of an injured Red-winged Blackbird female that we netted on Sunday during a banding session. The injury does not seem to be impeding the bird in any way. An attempt to rectify the injury was not successful. I'm curious to know if anyone else has ever seen a similar injury on other birds. The blog link is: http://minnesotabirdnerd.blogspot.com Roger Everhart Apple Valley, MN http://www.ncbo.org _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Strange Injury to Red-winged Blackbird From: "R.D. Everhart" <everhart AT black-hole.com> Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 20:13:31 -0500 I've posted a couple of photos on my blog of an injured Red-winged Blackbird female that we netted on Sunday during a banding session. The injury does not seem to be impeding the bird in any way. An attempt to rectify the injury was not successful. I'm curious to know if anyone else has ever seen a similar injury on other birds. The blog link is: http://minnesotabirdnerd.blogspot.com Roger Everhart Apple Valley, MN http://www.ncbo.org #################### You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin Birding Network (Wisbirdn). 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The blog link is: http://minnesotabirdnerd.blogspot.com Roger Everhart Apple Valley, MN http://www.ncbo.org subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm Subject: burrowing owl - color banded From: shawolf AT SAN.RR.COM Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 12:39:13 +0000 A color banded burrowing owl was observed outside my dentist's office in Chula Vista, California on Oct. 20, 2008. Based on photos of the bird the left leg had a metal band above an orange plastic band (possibly orange above metal), and the right leg had an orange plastic band above a blue plastic band. The owl spent the day at the base of a small palm tree by a busy parking lot. The band combination has been reported to the BBL. Any information about the bird would be appreciated. Shauna Wolf San Diego, CA shawolf AT san.rr.com subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm Subject: Long Point Bird Observatory From: LPBO Coordinator <lpbo AT BSC-EOC.ORG> Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 01:05:53 -0400 We are currently winding down what was easily one of the busiest spring seasons to date. Approximately 17,000 individuals of over 65 species were banded since April 1st. For a detailed account of this seasons highlights please visit our sightings board http://www.bsc-eoc.org/longpoint/index.jsp?targetpg=lpbosight The latest LPBO E-Newsletter can be viewed at: http://www.bsc-eoc.org/download/LPBOenews.pdf Yousif S. Attia Landbird Programs Coordinator Long Point Bird Observatory c/o Bird Studies Canada/Etudes d'Oiseaux Canada P.O. Box 160, 115 Front Rd. Port Rowan, ON. N0E 1M0 519 586 3531 ext. 162 BSC HQ 519 586 2885 Old Cut Field Station 403 585 1125 Cell 519 586 3532 Fax e-mail:lpbo AT bsc-eoc.org web:www.birdscanada.org/longpoint subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm Subject: Opening and closing stainless steel bands From: DRMeyer <drmeyer AT BIGFORK.NET> Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 08:34:22 -0500 Use a needle nose pliers, the tip of which should just fit into the band. Place the band on the flat surface of the 2-3 size banding pliers just below opening post or other hard surface. Line up the crease of the pliers with the crease in the band so that the rounded edges of the pliers are at 9 and 3 o'clock on the band from the crease. Push pliers down, then turn band over and repeat. Depending on the size of the needlenose you may have to hold the banding plies up in the air and open tip slightly to slide the bird's tarsus into the banding pliers. Close using the appropriate size pliers. To finish closing the band flush use the flat surface on the tip of the size 2-3 banding plies or larger and work each side of the opening in the band several times until it closes flush. The tendency is not to apply much pressure for fear of over lapping the band, these bands are very hard to over lap and if it does sligthly it is easy to fix by applying pressure to the center of the band opening. Practice to find the right pressure needed to get the band closed to a flush position. Another tool can be used for opening the band. A Phillip's screw driver with the flare edges filed down. Pound it into the band with a small hammer, turn over and repeat. Dennis Meyer Bigfork, MN 56628 subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm Subject: Walter added you as a friend on MyLife! 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All in one place.(TM) You have received this email because a MyLife member sent an invitation to this email address. For assistance, please refer to our FAQ or Contact Us: http://smtp26.mail.reunion.com:80/track?type=click&mailingid=68800&messageid=9300&databaseid=1238061931&serial=1228209693&emailid=birdband AT listserv.arizona.edu&userid=449159&extra=&&&2001&&&http://help.mylife.com/ Our Address: 2118 Wilshire Blvd., Box 1008, Santa Monica, CA 90403-5784 Copyright (c) 2009 MyLife.com, Inc. All Rights Reserved. subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm Subject: Hilton Pond 05/22/09 From: Research at Hilton Pond <research AT HILTONPOND.ORG> Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 10:34:13 -0400 We got almost 50 entries in response to our "Mayflower Quiz 2009"--an on-line test in which folks tried to figure out identities of flowering plants we photographed during the first three weeks of May. We're pleased to provide IDs for the mystery plants in the current installment of "This Week at Hilton Pond," along with some additional natural history info about the plants in question. To learn more about the "Mayflowers"--and to find out who won the contest--just visit our photo essay for 22-31 May 2009 at http://www.hiltonpond.org/ThisWeek090522.html While you're there, please scroll down for a list of all birds banded or recaptured during the period, as well as some general nature notes. We've also finally worked out details for our first-ever hummingbird expedition to Guatemala in February 2010. Details are linked from the page above or at http://www.hiltonpond.org/GuatemalaAnnounceMain10.html . We also have openings for our trips to Costa Rica and Belize. Happy Nature Watching! BILL -- RESEARCH PROGRAM c/o BILL HILTON JR. Executive Director Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History 1432 DeVinney Road, York, South Carolina 29745 USA research AT hiltonpond.org, (803) 684-5852, eFax: (503) 218-0845 Please visit our web sites (courtesy of Comporium.net): Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History at http://www.hiltonpond.org "Operation RubyThroat: The Hummingbird Project" at http://www.rubythroat.org ********** subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm Subject: Powdermill Bird Banding From: Andrew Vitz <acvitz AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 07:33:24 -0700 Spring migration banding has been completed at the Powdermill Avian Research Center in western Pennsylvania (biological field station of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh). Our website has been updated and includes information on what we captured this spring. We also have included a lengthy pictorial section on the use of molt limits in ageing birds. You can check out our website at http://www.westol.com/~banding/index.htm Please forward this message to other bird banders who may not be a part of this listserv. Cheers. Andrew Vitz subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm Subject: Buteo lineatus (RSHA) eye color From: Anthony Hill <anhinga13 AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 20:42:19 -0400 Part II of Pyle lists grayish to pale grayish brown iris for Juv. and pale grayish brown to medium dark brown for HY/SY. Anthony Hill Massachusetts, USA | Préservons l'environnement - Avez-vous réellement besoin d'imprimer ce courriel ? | | Please consider the environment - Do you really need to print this e-mail? | _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail® has ever-growing storage! Don’t worry about storage limits. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Storage?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Storage1_052009 subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm Subject: Blog update From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1 AT COMCAST.NET> Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 08:59:03 -0400 Hello everyone, I have updated the blog post I made yesterday. Several closet entomologists :-) have corrected my initial identification of the "bug", one birder has provided a photo of a similar melanistic Black-and-white Warbler from Pennsylvania in 2003 (his photo is not posted), and I've put forth an explanation for why Canada Geese would be observed migrating north this time of year. I've also replied to those who have commented directly on the blog site. Go to: http://mihummingbirdguy.blogspot.com Allen T. Chartier amazilia1 AT comcast.net Inkster, Michigan, USA ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Website: www.amazilia.net HummerNet: www.amazilia.net/MIHummerNet Blog: http://mihummingbirdguy.blogspot.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Every day, the hummingbird eats its own weight in food. You may wonder how it weighs the food. It doesn't. It just eats another hummingbird. -- Steven Wright ========================================= subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm Subject: Metro Beach banding report - May 29, 2009 From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1 AT COMCAST.NET> Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 20:50:09 -0400 Birders and Banders, I have just posted results, highlights, and photos from the banding session on May 29, 2009 at Metro Beach Metro Park, Macomb Co., Michigan on my blog. Also included in this installment is a brief description and a poor photo of a melanistic (and tardy) Black-and-white Warbler that was observed but not banded, as well as a strange invertebrate visitor. Go to: http://mihummingbirdguy.blogspot.com Allen T. Chartier amazilia1 AT comcast.net Inkster, Michigan, USA ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Website: www.amazilia.net HummerNet: www.amazilia.net/MIHummerNet Blog: http://mihummingbirdguy.blogspot.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Every day, the hummingbird eats its own weight in food. You may wonder how it weighs the food. It doesn't. It just eats another hummingbird. -- Steven Wright ========================================= subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm Subject: Eye color, Red-shouldered hawk From: "Ingold, James" <James.Ingold AT LSUS.EDU> Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 16:04:01 -0500 Does anyone know if nestling red-shouldered hawks normally have blue irises? I know baby crows do. They do not mention it in the BNA account which they do for crows. Jim This message is intended only for the use of the Addressee(s) and may contain information that is PRIVILEGED, CONFIDENTIAL, and/or EXEMPT FROM DISCLOSURE under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the information contained herein is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you received this communication in error, please destroy all copies of the message, whether in electronic or hard copy format, as well as attachments and immediately contact the sender by replying to this email. ________________________________ From: okbirds [mailto:OKBIRDS AT LISTS.OU.EDU] On Behalf Of Dan O'Donnell Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 9:11 AM To: OKBIRDS AT LISTS.OU.EDU Subject: Eye color, Red-shouldered hawk All, I got a couple of close photos of a red-shouldered hawk fledgling with blue eyes. In other photos I've seen the eye color is either indeterminate or yellow. Anyone have information about what is "normal" eye colors for a red-shouldered hawk? Do they change color with age? Here are links to photos of the blue-eyed fledgling: http://www.flickr.com/photos/18276798 AT N07/3579397349/sizes/o/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/18276798 AT N07/3580208294/sizes/o/in/photostr eam/ Any input would be welcomed. Thanks, Dan Dan O'Donnell djodokla AT sbcglobal.net Flickr Photo Page subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm Subject: marked American Kestrels in Florida From: Jessi Brown <jessilbrown AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 21:15:48 -0400 Hello, fellow BIRDBANDers. The patagial tagged kestrel picked up in Ocala, FL (apparently, downtown Ocala by the hospital!) is from my project, and I have already been placed in contact with the rehab folks who have him. He is one of now approximately 400 adult and nestling kestrels that have been fitted with unique combinations of colored patagial tags over the past two years. All of them were tagged in Levy and Marion counties (between Ocala and Gainesville, FL), and are all the local Falco sparverius paulus subspecies. This general region also has a number of Richard Melvin's (subpermit under John Smallwood) SINGLE patagial tagged kestrels, as well as a handful of the old Tim Breen/Brian Millsap COLOR BANDED kestrels. The subspecies is reputed to be quite sedentary, so I would be very surprised if any of ours wandered up to the projects in Georgia, or vice-versa - but then again, you never know. Thanks to everyone who helped me get in touch with the recoverers. cheers, Jessi Brown Program in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology University of Nevada-Reno subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm Subject: Submitting data to Bandit From: "Lisa M. Gardner" <lisa.m.gardner AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 14:43:02 -0500 Hi all, Can anybody help me with my data submission through Bandit? I live in Huntsville, Alabama. I would greatly appreciate your time and knowledge of the program. I can't pay you (I'm a very poor student), but I can cook and bake :o) Thanks in advance. Cheers, Lisa -- Lisa Gardner Graduate Research Assistant Center for Forestry, Ecology, and Wildlife Dept. of Natural Resources and Environmental Science Alabama A&M University P. O. Box 1927 Normal, AL 35762 Ph. 256-372-5950 Fax. 256-372-8404 subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm Subject: Re: Marked American Kestrels From: Charlie <cmmbirds AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 08:31:39 -0700 We can't respond directly to her, as you did not include an email Hi, We can't respond directly to her, as you did not include an email address. It would also help tremendously if she could share with us where the bird was? I know that there is a lot of work being done in Georgia with the "Southeastern" American Kestrel. I don't know that they are using this method, but they are doing radio telemetry, color banding, nest boxes, etc. Cheers, Charlie Muise Lamar County, Georgia, USA --- On Thu, 5/28/09, Marianne Korosy wrote: > From: Marianne Korosy > Subject: [BIRDBAND] Marked American Kestrels > To: BIRDBAND AT LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU > Date: Thursday, May 28, 2009, 5:01 PM > (I am posting on behalf of Stefani > Melvin. Respond directly to her, please.) > Hello, > Is anyone aware of a project color marking kestrels with > colored patagial > tags?  The tags are different than normal, they are > long and rectangular. > The bird I saw had red and yellow flags as well as an > aluminum FWS band. > > Any help in finding the person in charge of this project > would be greatly > appreciated! > > stefani > > Stefani Melvin > Florida/Caribbean Bird Conservation Coordinator > U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 4 > 1875 Century Blvd. > Atlanta, GA 30345 > phone: 404-679-7227 > fax: 404-679-4180 > -- > ---If you want a different conclusion, start with a > different premise. > ----Dr. Ida Rolf > > subscription options and posting rules can be found at the > BirdBand web site: > http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm > subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm Subject: Re: Marked American Kestrels From: Cailin O'Connor Fitzpatrick <CelticCail AT AOL.COM> Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 18:14:54 EDT There's a very good chance it's Dr. John Smallwood of Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ.. _smallwoodj AT mail.montclair.edu_ (mailto:smallwoodj AT mail.montclair.edu) . I worked on his kestrel project for four years here in NJ but previously, he worked on kestrels in FL for many years. Cailin O'Connor Fitzpatrick bander-in-charge Raccoon Ridge Bird Observatory Branchville, NJ In a message dated 5/28/2009 5:02:41 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, mkorosy AT GMAIL.COM writes: (I am posting on behalf of Stefani Melvin. Respond directly to her, please.) Hello, Is anyone aware of a project color marking kestrels with colored patagial tags? The tags are different than normal, they are long and rectangular. The bird I saw had red and yellow flags as well as an aluminum FWS band. Any help in finding the person in charge of this project would be greatly appreciated! stefani Stefani Melvin Florida/Caribbean Bird Conservation Coordinator U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 4 1875 Century Blvd. Atlanta, GA 30345 phone: 404-679-7227 fax: 404-679-4180 -- ---If you want a different conclusion, start with a different premise. ----Dr. Ida Rolf subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm **************Cooking Dinner For Two? Sign Up & Get Immediate Member-Only Savings. 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Any help in finding the person in charge of this project would be greatly appreciated! stefani Stefani Melvin Florida/Caribbean Bird Conservation Coordinator U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 4 1875 Century Blvd. Atlanta, GA 30345 phone: 404-679-7227 fax: 404-679-4180 -- ---If you want a different conclusion, start with a different premise. ----Dr. Ida Rolf subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm Subject: have you caught my siskin? From: Charlie <cmmbirds AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 10:56:07 -0700 Hi folks, I got the dreaded "up for banding" email last week. I immediately turned in all my data (it was already entered, but not emailed - dumb of me). So now I'm waiting to hear who caught the bird. Perhaps it was one of you? Pine Siskin 2360 10629 SY/U wing 73, fat 1, no molt. Didn't get mass. By the way, we had siskins at our house in the piedmont of Georgia, until April 28. Our high count was between 200 and 250. We had them every day we were home, beginning around Thanksgiving. Others in Georgia report much higher numbers than usual, or even higher than ever before. Most also report many more sightings than before. Charlie Muise Lamar County, Georgia, USA subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm Subject: Metro Beach banding report - May 23 & 25, 2009 From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1 AT COMCAST.NET> Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 08:32:41 -0400 Birders and Banders, I have just posted results, highlights, and photos from banding sessions on May 23 & 25 at Metro Beach Metro Park, Macomb Co., Michigan on my blog. Go to: http://mihummingbirdguy.blogspot.com Allen T. Chartier amazilia1 AT comcast.net Inkster, Michigan, USA ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Website: www.amazilia.net HummerNet: www.amazilia.net/MIHummerNet Blog: http://mihummingbirdguy.blogspot.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Every day, the hummingbird eats its own weight in food. You may wonder how it weighs the food. It doesn't. It just eats another hummingbird. -- Steven Wright ========================================= subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm Subject: Memorial Day Banding From: "R.D. Everhart" <everhart AT black-hole.com> Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 21:49:15 -0500 Hey everybody, Strong winds impacted this mornings banding but I was able to run nets until about noon. From where I was sitting it didn't appear as if migration was still going on. I'm jealous of all the people seeing good numbers of birds. All the birds I caught today could stay in the area for the summer. I did manage to band 32 birds of 18 species this weekend. Not bad in spite of the lack of warblers and vireos. First bird into a net today was an Indigo Bunting. Pictures can be seen at: http://minnesotabirdnerd.blogspot.com Roger Everhart Apple Valley, MN http://www.ncbo.org _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Memorial Day Banding From: "R.D. Everhart" <everhart AT black-hole.com> Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 21:49:15 -0500 Hey everybody, Strong winds impacted this mornings banding but I was able to run nets until about noon. From where I was sitting it didn't appear as if migration was still going on. I'm jealous of all the people seeing good numbers of birds. All the birds I caught today could stay in the area for the summer. I did manage to band 32 birds of 18 species this weekend. Not bad in spite of the lack of warblers and vireos. First bird into a net today was an Indigo Bunting. Pictures can be seen at: http://minnesotabirdnerd.blogspot.com Roger Everhart Apple Valley, MN http://www.ncbo.org #################### You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin Birding Network (Wisbirdn). To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: http://www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: http://www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: http://www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn. Subject: Memorial Day Banding From: "R.D. Everhart" <everhart AT BLACK-HOLE.COM> Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 21:49:15 -0500 Hey everybody, Strong winds impacted this mornings banding but I was able to run nets until about noon. From where I was sitting it didn't appear as if migration was still going on. I'm jealous of all the people seeing good numbers of birds. All the birds I caught today could stay in the area for the summer. I did manage to band 32 birds of 18 species this weekend. Not bad in spite of the lack of warblers and vireos. First bird into a net today was an Indigo Bunting. Pictures can be seen at: http://minnesotabirdnerd.blogspot.com Roger Everhart Apple Valley, MN http://www.ncbo.org subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm Subject: Re: re-captured tree swallow Tachycineta bicolor From: Charlie <cmmbirds AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 15:47:54 -0700 Actually, that is likely a size 0 band (TRES would not take a 1, I don't think?) and I have received 8-digit bands from the BBL as recently as 4 years ago. In these cases, you assume that the first of 9 digits is a zero. Thus the 3rd (technically 4th) digit is the band size indicator. Cheers, Charlie Muise Lamar County, Georgia, USA --- On Sun, 5/24/09, Robert Frey wrote: > From: Robert Frey > Subject: Re: [BIRDBAND] re-captured tree swallow Tachycineta bicolor > To: BIRDBAND AT LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU > Date: Sunday, May 24, 2009, 7:32 PM > Hi David, > > The band is one issued by the (North American) Bird Banding > Offices prior to > 1970 and it is a size 1.  Prior to 1970, the small > size bands (0 through 1A) > did not have a band-size indicator in the prefix and the > prefixes were 2- or > 3-digits (and a 5-digit suffix).  Since 1970, the > final digit of the prefix > is a band-size indicator.  There is more information > about band numbering > systems on the Bird Banding Laboratory website. > > We inherited (and had transferred to our permit) from a > retired bander > several older strings of bands including a couple size 1 > (still in > original-issue envelope) with the prefix "840".  I > reckon someone is using > some of these old-style bands (your swallow isn't one of > ours though). > > Good day, > Bob > > Robert I. Frey > Biologist and Banding Project Leader > (541) 621-5690 (mobile) > bif AT klamathbird.org > > Klamath Bird Observatory > P.O. Box 758 > Ashland, Oregon 97520 > (541) 201-0866 (office) > (541) 201-1009 (fax) > www.klamathbird.org > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bird Bander's Forum [mailto:BIRDBAND AT LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU] > On Behalf > Of David Mitchell > Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 12:48 PM > To: BIRDBAND AT LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU > Subject: [BIRDBAND] re-captured tree swallow Tachycineta > bicolor > >     A banded female tree swallow Tachycineta > bicolor is nesting in a box > on a monitored nest-box trail near Purcellville, Virginia > USA. > > I am guessing the band is not USGS issued. The metal > seemed different than > that of the bands from the USGS Bird Banding Lab. Plus the > 8 digit number, > with a 3 digit prefix ending in 0, was unexpected. > > 840 50609 > > I submitted a report through http://www.reportband.gov. > > Does anybody have a notion of who banded this bird? If you > do can you let me > know? > > I have more information about the bird and can share it if > you are the > bander and would like more details. > > Regards, > > David Mitchell > Virginia Bluebird Society > > subscription options and posting rules can be found at the > BirdBand web > site: > http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm > > subscription options and posting rules can be found at the > BirdBand web site: > http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm > subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm Subject: Sunday Bird Banding From: "R.D. Everhart" <everhart AT black-hole.com> Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 18:17:25 -0500 Hi everyone, Day 2 of the three day weekend was beautiful and allowed me to get out banding again. Numbers were not as high as yesterday but had a couple of beauties! Pictures are posted at http://minnesotabirdnerd.blogspot.com Totals for the morning are - Tennessee Warbler - 1 American Goldfinch - 1 Black-capped Chickadee - 3 ( 2 new, 1 retrap) House Wren - 1 Gray Catbird - 1 Brown Thrasher - 1 Great Crested Flycatcher - 1 (retrap from 2004, bird is at least 6 years old) Roger Everhart Apple Valley, MN www.ncbo.org _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Re: re-captured tree swallow Tachycineta bicolor From: Robert Frey <bif AT KLAMATHBIRD.ORG> Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 16:32:17 -0700 Hi David, The band is one issued by the (North American) Bird Banding Offices prior to 1970 and it is a size 1. Prior to 1970, the small size bands (0 through 1A) did not have a band-size indicator in the prefix and the prefixes were 2- or 3-digits (and a 5-digit suffix). Since 1970, the final digit of the prefix is a band-size indicator. There is more information about band numbering systems on the Bird Banding Laboratory website. We inherited (and had transferred to our permit) from a retired bander several older strings of bands including a couple size 1 (still in original-issue envelope) with the prefix "840". I reckon someone is using some of these old-style bands (your swallow isn't one of ours though). Good day, Bob Robert I. Frey Biologist and Banding Project Leader (541) 621-5690 (mobile) bif AT klamathbird.org Klamath Bird Observatory P.O. Box 758 Ashland, Oregon 97520 (541) 201-0866 (office) (541) 201-1009 (fax) www.klamathbird.org -----Original Message----- From: Bird Bander's Forum [mailto:BIRDBAND AT LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU] On Behalf Of David Mitchell Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 12:48 PM To: BIRDBAND AT LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU Subject: [BIRDBAND] re-captured tree swallow Tachycineta bicolor A banded female tree swallow Tachycineta bicolor is nesting in a box on a monitored nest-box trail near Purcellville, Virginia USA. I am guessing the band is not USGS issued. The metal seemed different than that of the bands from the USGS Bird Banding Lab. Plus the 8 digit number, with a 3 digit prefix ending in 0, was unexpected. 840 50609 I submitted a report through http://www.reportband.gov. Does anybody have a notion of who banded this bird? If you do can you let me know? I have more information about the bird and can share it if you are the bander and would like more details. Regards, David Mitchell Virginia Bluebird Society subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm Subject: Sunday Bird Banding From: "R.D. Everhart" <everhart AT black-hole.com> Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 18:17:25 -0500 Hi everyone, Day 2 of the three day weekend was beautiful and allowed me to get out banding again. Numbers were not as high as yesterday but had a couple of beauties! Pictures are posted at http://minnesotabirdnerd.blogspot.com Totals for the morning are - Tennessee Warbler - 1 American Goldfinch - 1 Black-capped Chickadee - 3 ( 2 new, 1 retrap) House Wren - 1 Gray Catbird - 1 Brown Thrasher - 1 Great Crested Flycatcher - 1 (retrap from 2004, bird is at least 6 years old) Roger Everhart Apple Valley, MN www.ncbo.org #################### You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin Birding Network (Wisbirdn). To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: http://www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: http://www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: http://www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn. Subject: Sunday Bird Banding From: "R.D. Everhart" <everhart AT BLACK-HOLE.COM> Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 18:17:25 -0500 Hi everyone, Day 2 of the three day weekend was beautiful and allowed me to get out banding again. Numbers were not as high as yesterday but had a couple of beauties! Pictures are posted at http://minnesotabirdnerd.blogspot.com Totals for the morning are - Tennessee Warbler - 1 American Goldfinch - 1 Black-capped Chickadee - 3 ( 2 new, 1 retrap) House Wren - 1 Gray Catbird - 1 Brown Thrasher - 1 Great Crested Flycatcher - 1 (retrap from 2004, bird is at least 6 years old) Roger Everhart Apple Valley, MN www.ncbo.org subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm Subject: re-captured tree swallow Tachycineta bicolor From: David Mitchell <davidmitchell3 AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 15:48:21 -0400 A banded female tree swallow Tachycineta bicolor is nesting in a box on a monitored nest-box trail near Purcellville, Virginia USA. I am guessing the band is not USGS issued. The metal seemed different than that of the bands from the USGS Bird Banding Lab. Plus the 8 digit number, with a 3 digit prefix ending in 0, was unexpected. 840 50609 I submitted a report through http://www.reportband.gov. Does anybody have a notion of who banded this bird? If you do can you let me know? I have more information about the bird and can share it if you are the bander and would like more details. Regards, David Mitchell Virginia Bluebird Society subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm Subject: Saturday morning banding From: "R.D. Everhart" <everhart AT black-hole.com> Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 15:31:53 -0500 I banded this morning at my school site after the rain stopped. Things started slow but by 1:00 pm I had 13 birds of 8 species. "Best bird" was a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. Photos are posted at: http://minnesotabirdnerd.blogspot.com Totals are: Tennessee Warbler - 1 American Redstart - 3 Trail's Flycatcher (Willow/Alder complex) - 1 Least Flycatcher - 1 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - 1 American Goldfinch - 4 Red-eyed Vireo - 1 Gray Catbird - 1 Roger Everhart Apple Valley, MN www.ncbo.org _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Subject: Saturday morning banding From: "R.D. Everhart" <everhart AT BLACK-HOLE.COM> Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 15:31:53 -0500 I banded this morning at my school site after the rain stopped. Things started slow but by 1:00 pm I had 13 birds of 8 species. "Best bird" was a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. Photos are posted at: http://minnesotabirdnerd.blogspot.com Totals are: Tennessee Warbler - 1 American Redstart - 3 Trail's Flycatcher (Willow/Alder complex) - 1 Least Flycatcher - 1 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - 1 American Goldfinch - 4 Red-eyed Vireo - 1 Gray Catbird - 1 Roger Everhart Apple Valley, MN www.ncbo.org subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm Subject: Saturday morning banding From: "R.D. Everhart" <everhart AT black-hole.com> Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 15:31:53 -0500 I banded this morning at my school site after the rain stopped. Things started slow but by 1:00 pm I had 13 birds of 8 species. "Best bird" was a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. Photos are posted at: http://minnesotabirdnerd.blogspot.com Totals are: Tennessee Warbler - 1 American Redstart - 3 Trail's Flycatcher (Willow/Alder complex) - 1 Least Flycatcher - 1 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - 1 American Goldfinch - 4 Red-eyed Vireo - 1 Gray Catbird - 1 Roger Everhart Apple Valley, MN www.ncbo.org #################### You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin Birding Network (Wisbirdn). To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: http://www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: http://www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: http://www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn. Subject: Re: spidertech From: John and Sue Gregoire <khmo AT EMPACC.NET> Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 09:00:23 -0400 Lester, Try Jan at the above address. We also have a link to his site on our website. I believe you could order that way as well. John -- John and Sue Gregoire Field Ornithologists Kestrel Haven Avian Migration Observatory 5373 Fitzgerald Road Burdett,NY 14818-9626 Website: http://www.empacc.net/~kestrelhaven/ "Conserve and Create Habitat" On Fri, May 22, 2009 13:31, Lester Peyton wrote: > Hi, > > Anyone know how I can get a hold of Jan at Spidertech? I need to order some > nets..... > > Thanks > > Lester Peyton > Harrison, Ohio > > subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: > http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm > subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm Subject: spidertech From: Lester Peyton <lesterap AT FUSE.NET> Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 13:31:32 -0400 Hi, Anyone know how I can get a hold of Jan at Spidertech? I need to order some nets..... Thanks Lester Peyton Harrison, Ohio subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm Subject: Hilton Pond 05/01/09 From: Research at Hilton Pond <research AT HILTONPOND.ORG> Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 22:40:18 -0400 It's been a while since we posted a contest to our Web site, so "This Week at Hilton Pond" we've designed a Mayflower Quiz. No, it's not a test about your knowledge of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth Rock but of plants we found blooming in South Carolina or West Virginia during the first part of this month. To view our photo essay for 1-21 May 2009--and to see how many Mayflowers you can identify--please visit <> As always we include a tally of all birds banded or recaptured, and there were quite a few of both during the period. Of particular interest is a mug shot of a Prothonotary Warbler female in breeding plumage--a species not previously reported as nesting in York County SC. Happy Nature Watching! BILL -- RESEARCH PROGRAM c/o BILL HILTON JR. Executive Director Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History 1432 DeVinney Road, York, South Carolina 29745 USA research AT hiltonpond.org, (803) 684-5852, eFax: (503) 218-0845 Please visit our web sites (courtesy of Comporium.net): Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History at http://www.hiltonpond.org "Operation RubyThroat: The Hummingbird Project" at http://www.rubythroat.org ********** subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm Subject: An Australian bird banding blog From: Anthony Overs <anthony.overs AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 22:08:51 +1000 Hi all If you are interested, I have just started a blog about my bird banding trips. I am involved in several projects in Australia. The blog is a convenient way of keeping various people updated with what we've been doing (in particular, the rangers responsible for the parks we work in!). The address is http://birdbander.blogspot.com/ Any feedback welcome Regards Anthony Overs Canberra, Australia subscription options and posting rules can be found at the BirdBand web site: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6549/birdband.htm Subject: Bulk of Migrants Have Left the South From: "R.D. Everhart" <everhart AT black-hole.com> Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 09:28:24 -0500 For those of you wondering where all the migrants are, the radar from Sunday night shows that the bulk of migrants have moved out of the gulf states (with a few still in Texas) and are concentrated in the mid-Mississippi Valley. States like Iowa, Illinois and Nebraska. The area of heaviest radar returns should continue to creep north over the next couple of weeks. Sunday night image can be seen at: http://minnesotabirdnerd.blogspot.com Roger Everhart North Central Bird Observatory Apple Valley, MN www.ncbo.org _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list mnbird AT lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s