First Banded Bird

[Ron.C]

Been pretty seriously waterfowling for about 8 years now. Shot my first banded bird today, a hen mallard. Very easy to report and get it's data. Was banded on 13 Aug 22 in Pilot Station, Kusilvak Alaska.

[Dano]

Awesome!
Thanks for posting the data.

[labguy]

Banded birds are cool. The history of these birds travel is fascinating.

I live in the Okanagan and have been shooting ducks here for 50 plus years. In that time I’ve shot five banded birds all from the Hay Lake area in central Alberta. It seemed odd that they’d make a detour into central BC instead of traveling straight south.

Upon researching this a bit I discovered that David Thompson (the famous fur trader/explorer) had documented in his journals these massive flights of migratory waterfowl making a hard right around Lacombe/Red Deer and then west towards Rocky Mountain House and then some splitting down the Columbia River Valley while some headed further west into the Okanagan. This was documented in the early 1800’s so who knows how long this has been going on.

Congratultions on the band.

[silveragent]

congrats! Been waterfowling a bit longer than you and still no bands

[tigrr]

I got my first and only in the 70's. Not a clue where it is. I've worn out shotguns duck and geese hunting.
Keep your stick on the ice and your gun in the air! Congrats.

[MichelD]

My very first snow goose I shot at at Brunswick Point was banded.