Two important items with respect to December birding news:
- As of yesterday the Sax-Zim Bog Visitor Center opened for another season of winter birding. I’ll be working next weekend, December 19th and 20th as a volunteer naturalist. Hope to see you in the Bog!
- Help out with this year’s Minnesota Christmas Bird Count. Openings across the state!
Finally, my Snowy Owl which I discovered on Friday, was banded sometime in the past two days. Found the same bird on the same exact roost, but now with a huge wing band and shoe polish on its head. Why? There must be better ways to band which do not disfigure the bird.
Sunday … Snowy Owl with wing band and shoe polish on head
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Friday … Snowy Owl w/o band or head polish
Very concerning…re banded, “polished” snowy. Why, indeed? Whom can we contact?
I just send a polite email to the Chief of the federal bird banding library asking about this type of banding. Contact information may be found via this web page … https://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/BBL/resources/contact.cfm
An obscenity induced by pseudo science,Im glad kept my own sightings secret when Ivisited the Bog if this is what US birders are capable of. Regards TM Uk