How long can a bird live? Ever wonder how old the oldest bird banded and recovered was? I stumbled across this today at the Bird Banding Lab website at: _http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/BBL/homepage/longvrec.htm_ (http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/BBL/homepage/longvrec.htm) Not surprising the top ten birds are seabirds with the longest surviving species in the BBL database being a Laysan Albatross at almost 51 years. Good birding... Jay Gilliam Norwalk, IA [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) _http://jayspix.smugmug.com/Bird%20Photos/176462_ (http://jayspix.smugmug.com/Bird%20Photos/176462)
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