[obol] Re: banded Golden-crowned Sparrow
- From: "Robert O'Brien" <baro@xxxxxxx>
- To: Alan Contreras <acontrer56@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2015 17:09:29 -0800
I was afraid of that. And I assume that you couldn't use kneepads and
gloves
for the crawling, assuming that it would help; which, as you say, it
wouldn't.
Seems like multiple photos out of a window might work, but Paul would know
the logistics.
On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 4:33 PM, Alan Contreras <acontrer56@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It ain't legal unless you have BOTH a federal and ODFW capture permit.
> And you'll never get them in a hundred years, even crawling on broken
> glass. So you'd need to get someone who has them to come to the bird and
> set up their nets for a while.
>
> Jail for the wicked.
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> Alan Contreras
> acontrer56@xxxxxxxxx
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> Eugene, Oregon
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> On Feb 2, 2015, at 4:25 PM, Robert O'Brien wrote:
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> Well, I haven't seen a response to this posting, so I'll make one.
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> Could this bird legally be captured and released?
>
> I do have a special interest. Starting when I was in about the 5th or 6th
> grade I banded Golden Crowned Sparrows in my yard on the central
> San Francisco peninsula. As a kid I didn't know that permits were required
> and I used parakeet bands bought at a local pet store. When the numbers
> started to wear off the plastic bands I recaught and replaced the bands.
> The oldest bird
> out of 35 banded returned for 7 years and was still returning when I left
> for college and the study ended.
>
> So, I would be very interested in 'catching' this one to see where it
> originated. If it's legal. I had a system for capture which didn't use
> any nets and worked very well with no harm to any of the sparrows.
> But, perhaps several photos with a telephoto lens could capture the entire
> band number. Even if the bird was skittish.
>
> Bob OBrien
> Carver Or
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> On Sat, Jan 31, 2015 at 7:36 AM, Paul Sullivan <paultsullivan@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > wrote:
>
>> We have a Golden-crowned Sparrow at our backyard feeding station with a
>> USFWS aluminum band on its right leg. Anyone have the interest and means
>> to trap it and read the band? It’s too flighty to capture photos to try to
>> get the number.
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>> Paul Sullivan
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