[cobirds] Re: Red-Tail with a plastic band--looking for info

Thanks for all the comments!  I've also has some off-line emails about this.  A couple of those have said this is not a band style used by falconers.

The most promising lead says that raptors get relocated from DIA, and are marked with bands like this.  This is done by the USDA, and I will try to contact them for confirmation.

Stephen Price

Longmont, CO

On Thursday, March 11, 2021 at 12:08:31 PM UTC-7 Stephen Price wrote:

There has been a red-tail hawk hanging around my neighborhood in Longmont this winter.  I noticed that it had a plastic band on one leg, and reported it to the Bird Banding Laboratory.  The BBL couldn't give me any info about when or where the bird was banded because I don't have enough information for them.  The bird is either lacking a metal band, or the metal band is placed way up high on the leg.

The plastic band is dark brown or black with yellow numbers.  It has a yellow stripe near the top.  Above the stripe it says "CO" in very small letters.  The numbers I have seen are

       (5 or 6)  (blank) 585 (blank) 5

It might have "585" on both sides of the band, or else maybe I have only seen the band from one side. 

I have taken numerous pictures of the band.  Here are links to eBird https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/315676601

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/315676611

Does anyone know who uses this type of band on hawks?

Stephen Price

Longmont, CO

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