What A Great Day!
I found a new pair of Keens on sale, got a fabulous haircut AND we now know where the green-tailed towhee came from!
The above photo was taken by Dave Cahlander in early January 2007 in Mountain Lake, MN. He sent an email yesterday saying:
"With the help of photos taken by Steve Roman, we now have a complete band number for the Green-tailed Towhee. 8051-98299 I've submitted this to the bird banding lab, but they don't have a record of this band being used. I'll check with them in a day or two and report any information that they have."
And then today Terry Brashear found that the Mountain Lake Green-tailed Towhee was banded at the Long Point Bird Observatory in Ontario, Canada on June 10, 2006.
According to Jon McCracken of the Bird Banding Lab:
"Yes, incredibly enough this is the bird that John Woodcock banded at TCBO on 10 June/06. It was an after second year male (wings = 78mm; weight = 29.0g; fat =trace) captured in the Heligoland Trap. Wow! It would be great to get all the details (incl location) on the MN sighting. Even if it didn't venture very far, it'd make a great "latest news" blurb.
Here is a photo of the exact same towhee taken by John Woodcock, the day he banded him June 10, 2006 in Thunder Bay! You can read the note about this bird at here.
This is the bird banding equivalent of winning the lottery. It's not often you trap and band a bird and find it again still alive and still traveling. To have it be so out of range and a rarity for Canada and Minnesota is very exciting. We have an idea of his sex and age--this is not just a young bird who got lost or has crossed wires. This bird has been around the block and is at least three years old. Where else has he been?
I'm so grateful for all the banders and photographers involved to get to the bottom of this very cool bird mystery...although, now I wonder...where was it hatched?
Okay, now I seriously have to pack for Atlanta, I'm leaving tomorrow morning.
The above photo was taken by Dave Cahlander in early January 2007 in Mountain Lake, MN. He sent an email yesterday saying:"With the help of photos taken by Steve Roman, we now have a complete band number for the Green-tailed Towhee. 8051-98299 I've submitted this to the bird banding lab, but they don't have a record of this band being used. I'll check with them in a day or two and report any information that they have."
And then today Terry Brashear found that the Mountain Lake Green-tailed Towhee was banded at the Long Point Bird Observatory in Ontario, Canada on June 10, 2006.
According to Jon McCracken of the Bird Banding Lab:
"Yes, incredibly enough this is the bird that John Woodcock banded at TCBO on 10 June/06. It was an after second year male (wings = 78mm; weight = 29.0g; fat =trace) captured in the Heligoland Trap. Wow! It would be great to get all the details (incl location) on the MN sighting. Even if it didn't venture very far, it'd make a great "latest news" blurb.
Here is a photo of the exact same towhee taken by John Woodcock, the day he banded him June 10, 2006 in Thunder Bay! You can read the note about this bird at here.This is the bird banding equivalent of winning the lottery. It's not often you trap and band a bird and find it again still alive and still traveling. To have it be so out of range and a rarity for Canada and Minnesota is very exciting. We have an idea of his sex and age--this is not just a young bird who got lost or has crossed wires. This bird has been around the block and is at least three years old. Where else has he been?
I'm so grateful for all the banders and photographers involved to get to the bottom of this very cool bird mystery...although, now I wonder...where was it hatched?
Okay, now I seriously have to pack for Atlanta, I'm leaving tomorrow morning.
posted by birdchick at 6:58 PM
6 Comments:
Amazing story for a beautiful bird! Very cool!
Why on earth are you coming to Atlanta? Though I did get within 10 feet of a really neat red-shouldered hawk in my back yard the other day.
How neat about the towhee! I have a pair of rufous-sided ones living in my azaleas. I wonder how this guy got so far afield?
Kool Keens! Where did you find them on sale? (I rarely see them on sale.)
I found the Keens on sale at Rdigedale mall. It was some kind shoe specialty store, I think it had the word walk in the title. I normally don't shop there but was intrigued by the $69 Keens. It turned out to be an incorrect tag, they were supposed to be on sale for $84, but because of the tag, I got the $69 price.
Oh, wow! I can't believe the same little towhee is bumping around Canada and Minnesota and getting himself recorded for posterity. That is the coolest thing. Thanks for posting on this. It just goes to show you how resilient and resourceful birds can be. You've got to name this bird.
Dish: What new Keens did you get?
My new love: Merrill aquashoes--all mesh--of course I'm going to wear them when it's hot. They look like Keen Ourays and feel like slippers.
Hi Julie,
I got a pair of Keen's black BLVD--the Keens link in the entry should go right to the shoe style that I got on sale.
I also picked up a pair of Merrell Capers in Dessert Sage. My feet are so comfortable, and yet so stylish.
Miss you at BWA, but I'm sure you're relishing time at home with the kids and Cheddar Bacon.
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