Near Northfield, Rice Co., this morning John Holden and I retrapped an American Goldfinch we banded on 1 June 2012. This male was a second-year bird when banded. Thus the goldfinch is now in its fifth year.
The oldest banded American Goldfinch was at least 10 years, 9 months old ( https://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbl/longevity/longevity_main.cfm). dan -- Dan or Erika Tallman Northfield, Minnesota [email protected] http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com ".... the best shod travel with wet feet...Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes ....”—H. D. 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
