Wednesday, January 11, 2012

So It's 11 Years Old and from Swan Creek !

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Back on November 25 Don Neumann posted two Bald Eagle pictures, one showing a partially readable leg band.  (To see the original post, scroll to the bottom of this page, click "Older Posts", and repeat the process three more times for that page.)  We contacted various folks to get an ID on that bird, and yesterday Don finally got an answer in this email from Sergej Postupalsky:
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Hi Frank & Don,

Sorry about the long delay in my getting this information to you; I got sidetracked on other matters.

About the adult Bald Eagle with black color band EZ9 which Don photographed on 11/25/11 on the west side of  the Muskegon Wastewater Facility in Muskegon County:  The matching FWS band to color band EZ9 is 629-41572.  It is not a bird banded under my permit; it was banded by Dave Best on 6/03/99 at Swan Creek/Highbanks, 6 miles ESE of Fennville, Allegan County.

The encounter should be reported to the Bird Banding Lab.  Don?  Dave?

We have been able to identify a number of eagles from digital photos by matching the color-band code to the FWS band number and thus establish a valid band encounter record.  I've also been able to identify from photos several Ospreys by a unique combination of the FWS band and 2 or 3 color bands (color bands I use on Ospreys have no codes).

Sergej

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