DEC 31: Color-banded bird from 2008-09 winter

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DEC 31: Color-banded bird from 2008-09 winter

Rosyfinch
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Report from Nancy Cox of the banding team:

Hi Ken,

Steve and I went up on December 31, 2014 just to see the rosy-finches.  We stayed for about 1 hour and saw a flock of about 32 birds once.  There were approximately 20 Blacks, 10 Brown-capped, and 2 Gray-crowned.  The Gray-crowned consisted of Hepburn's and the interior race.  We saw that many of them were banded including one that had a green color band.  It is one we had a transmitter on and was originally banded on January 18, 2009.  That means it was 6 1/2 years old at that time...

Happy New Year!

Nancy