Bird Banding project
After reporting the banded bird to andy.stewart@shaw.ca, Andy emailed this information: (I am sure he won't mind my blogging this as the banding project might be able to use any more publicity this generates)
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This is a male Cooper's Hawk I banded as a nestling in Mount Doug Park this summer (21 June 2007). He was one of 4 nestlings (2 males , 2 females) we banded in this nest (see attached photo). He is the unhappy one on the inside right. This is the first sighting of any of these birds since they dispersed from the park. I have attached a banding notice which briefly describes this project. One question for you - do you or your neighbours have a bird feeder in your yard?
Thanks for contacting me - this record goes into my database.
Cheers . . . . Andy Stewart
and the banding notice:
Watch for Colour-banded Cooper’s Hawks
A study on the ecology of Cooper’s Hawks breeding in the urban environment of Greater
Victoria has been underway since 1995. To date over 1,000 of these hawks have been banded
at about 75 nest sites. You can greatly assist this research project by watching for and
reporting observations of these banded hawks.
Colour-bands are uniquely coded with 2 vertical alphanumeric characters (i.e. letter over
number or letter over letter) and are placed on the left leg (see illustration). To provide ease
of visibility, these codes are repeated 3 times around the circumference of the band. Bands
can be read at a distance of about 20 m with binoculars or up to 75 m using a spotting scope.
Red bands were placed on females and black bands were put on males. If you observe one of
these marked hawks, please record the band colour and code, date and time, whether it was in
adult or juvenile plumage, as well as the location. Please report all sightings, even if you
were unable to determine the band code.
To date >2,000 observations of these marked birds have been reported in southwestern BC
from as far away as Parksville on Vancouver Island and Delta on the mainland coast. A few
recoveries have also been reported from Washington, Oregon, Nevada, and California.
However, over 95% of year-round sightings come from the Greater Victoria and Saanich
Peninsula areas. Many of these hawks were observed in the vicinity of backyard bird feeders.
Please report Cooper’s Hawk observations to:
Andy Stewart
Wildlife Biologist
3932 Telegraph Bay Road
Victoria, B.C. V8N 4H7
Phone: (250) 387-9780 or 477-1328
E-mail: andy.stewart@shaw.ca
U.S Fish and Wildlife bands are on
the right leg of all colour-banded
hawks. The numbers on these
aluminum bands can not be read
except when in hand.
This example colour-band would be
recorded as “Red B over 6”. Red
bands signify it is a female and black
bands indicate it is male. These
bands are always on the left leg.
and the banding notice:
Watch for Colour-banded Cooper’s Hawks
A study on the ecology of Cooper’s Hawks breeding in the urban environment of Greater
Victoria has been underway since 1995. To date over 1,000 of these hawks have been banded
at about 75 nest sites. You can greatly assist this research project by watching for and
reporting observations of these banded hawks.
Colour-bands are uniquely coded with 2 vertical alphanumeric characters (i.e. letter over
number or letter over letter) and are placed on the left leg (see illustration). To provide ease
of visibility, these codes are repeated 3 times around the circumference of the band. Bands
can be read at a distance of about 20 m with binoculars or up to 75 m using a spotting scope.
Red bands were placed on females and black bands were put on males. If you observe one of
these marked hawks, please record the band colour and code, date and time, whether it was in
adult or juvenile plumage, as well as the location. Please report all sightings, even if you
were unable to determine the band code.
To date >2,000 observations of these marked birds have been reported in southwestern BC
from as far away as Parksville on Vancouver Island and Delta on the mainland coast. A few
recoveries have also been reported from Washington, Oregon, Nevada, and California.
However, over 95% of year-round sightings come from the Greater Victoria and Saanich
Peninsula areas. Many of these hawks were observed in the vicinity of backyard bird feeders.
Please report Cooper’s Hawk observations to:
Andy Stewart
Wildlife Biologist
3932 Telegraph Bay Road
Victoria, B.C. V8N 4H7
Phone: (250) 387-9780 or 477-1328
E-mail: andy.stewart@shaw.ca
U.S Fish and Wildlife bands are on
the right leg of all colour-banded
hawks. The numbers on these
aluminum bands can not be read
except when in hand.
This example colour-band would be
recorded as “Red B over 6”. Red
bands signify it is a female and black
bands indicate it is male. These
bands are always on the left leg.
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