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["Bob Reilly" <rjreilly@xxxxxxx>]

Just like to say that fall banding at Dutch Gap is always a team effort, as
it was that day.  Larry Robinson extracted that bird from the net in an area
where we had been catching indigo buntings, and he immediately identified it
as a painted bunting.  I first saw it for examination and then aged it when
he brought it back to the station amid much excitement by the other station
volunteers.  A Richmond Audubon field trip group had the incredible good
fortune to arrive at the station at about the same time and were all able to
see it.  A very happy memory.

Bob Reilly

----- Original Message -----
From: "Susan Heath" <sheath@xxxxxxx>
To: <va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 9:11 AM
Subject: [va-richmond-general] hatch year Painted Bunting


> Richmond Birders,
>
> On September 21, 2002, Bob Reilly caught a hatch year Painted Bunting at
> Dutch Gap.  He was kind enough to send in a write up to VARCOM and Al
> Warfield provided photos.  I just wanted to let everyone know that this
> submission has been accepted by VARCOM as the first documented hatch
> year Painted Bunting in the state.  Though this doesn't necessarily mean
> the bird was hatched in Virginia, it still represents a significant
> ornithological find.  Thanks to both Bob and Al for submitting the
> documentation!
>
> Al - I don't seem to have your address.  If you send it to me, I'll send
> you a thank you letter on the spiffy new stationery that Ned had made
> up.  Thanks.
>
> Sue
>
> --
> Susan A. Heath
> George Mason University
> Environmental Science Department
> Fairfax, VA
>
> Secretary, Virginia Avian Records Committee
> Keeper, Virginia Comp List at www.virginiabirding.org
>
>
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