[obol] Dual Banded Bird.....

[Adam Elzinga]

Charles,

Do you happen to live near Springbrook Park in Lake Oswego?

We are doing research on juvenile survival of Spotted Towhees in an
urban park (Springbrook) and have a color banded population.  Not
sure, but from your description it could be one of our banded
fledglings.  Each of our birds is given 3 color bands and 1 aluminum
(2 bands per leg), perhaps you couldn't see them all or this is
something else completely.

Some of our juveniles wear a radio transmitter backpack, but we have a
hard time keeping tabs on the ones that don't so it would be nice to
know where you saw this mystery bird.

-Adam



On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 7:03 AM, Carlos Oldham <chopping1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> We had a sparrow-type bird appear at the ground feeder last night at our
> home in Lake Oswego.  It had a pink band on the left leg and a light blue
> band on the right leg.  By the time I retrieved my bins, the bird had flown
> the coop, so I never got a good view.  I think there was a central chest
> spot, but this bird was much grayer and larger than our typical Song
> Sparrows......
>
> Help, please.....
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Charles (Carlos) Oldham
>
> ps--Thanks to Darlene Betat at the Back Yard Bird Shop for suggesting we put
> out "no melt" suet at this time of year, as we've been swamped with Downy
> Woodpeckers.
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