[obol] Dual Banded Bird.....

[Carlos Oldham]

Hi Adam~~~

I think you hit the jackpot!  I do live near Springbrook Park, just across
Country Club Road, and the juvenile Spotted Towhee in Sibley is very similar
to the bird we saw.

My posting was a poor one.  I'm actually most interested in understanding
the significance of the banding and the research behind it.  Sounds like you
might be just the person to help with that. 

Many thanks.

Charles Oldham

-----Original Message-----
From: obol-bounces at oregonbirdwatch.org
[mailto:obol-bounces at oregonbirdwatch.org] On Behalf Of Adam Elzinga
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 7:16 AM
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Subject: Re: [obol] Dual Banded Bird.....

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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