Did you contact the USGS? They have a website to submit band numbers. It looks like it's a field readable band in addition to the usgs band. There's a variety of reasons it has two bands.
Megan Denver On Fri, Mar 12, 2021, 8:47 AM Tony Kay <[email protected]> wrote: > I already checked with High Plains Falconers and it is not one of theirs. > It is an interesting band though, not the standard type? > > Tony Kay > > Denver > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Scott > *Sent:* Friday, March 12, 2021 7:25 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [cobirds] Red-Tail with a plastic band--looking for info > > > > It may be a falconers bird that has escaped > > Scott Rashid > > On 3/11/2021 11:25 AM, Stephen Price wrote: > > There has been a red-tail hawk hanging around my neighborhood in Longmont > this winter. I noticed that it had a plastic band on one leg, and reported > it to the Bird Banding Laboratory. The BBL couldn't give me any info about > when or where the bird was banded because I don't have enough information > for them. The bird is either lacking a metal band, or the metal band is > placed way up high on the leg. > > > > The plastic band is dark brown or black with yellow numbers. It has a > yellow stripe near the top. Above the stripe it says "CO" in very small > letters. The numbers I have seen are > > > (5 or 6) (blank) 585 (blank) 5 > > > > It might have "585" on both sides of the band, or else maybe I have only > seen the band from one side. > > > > I have taken numerous pictures of the band. 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