Hi All— I do most of my banding in Northfield in the spring and fall migrations, with relatively few birds in summer or winter (my home feeder really is not very active).
Today in Northfield I caught a goldfinch that I banded on 6 February 2012. What is remarkable is that this bird was banded at our Dundas banding station and retrapped here in Northfield. Despite the banding stations being only about 2 miles apart, this is only the third inter-station retrap in the past six years. (The only other two where both Black-capped Chickadees.) Furthermore, as I have mentioned before, I suspect our wintering goldfinches are not the same as our breeding population. Good Birding! dan -- Dan or Erika Tallman Northfield, Minnesota [email protected] http://sites.google.com/site/tallmanorum http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com http://picasaweb.google.com/danerika Two Years Among the Odonates<http://store.blurb.com/ebooks/306785-two-years-among-the-odonates> ".... the best shod travel with wet feet...Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes ...."--Thoreau ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
