From the Rio Grande Bird Research Team:
Hi all,
We had a good day of banding today. We newly banded 22 Rosy-Finches. There were 8 Brown-capped, 12 Blacks and 2 Gray-crowned (one Hepburn's).
Probably more exciting were the recaptures. We caught on male Black Rosy-Finch that we originally banded on November 27, 2005, making it is more than 6 years old since it was an adult when we originally captured it. We had seen this bird back in February of this year.
We also caught one female Brown-capped that we originally banded on December 30, 2007. It is now a 3 year old.
We had another 10 Rosy-Finches (2 Blacks and 8 Brown-capped) that we originally banded during the 2008/2009 banding season.
The road was mostly clear with just a few icy patches.
Nancy & Steve
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