[va-richmond-general] correction

Thanks for the reply, Linda.  Actually the bird was already an adult when I 
banded it in May 1998.  Thus it was born in 1997 or earlier, making its current 
age 9 years old or older.  Will be sure to try for it each year until it fails 
to show up.  Red-eyed vireos have a long migration route, wintering in South 
America.  Pretty remarkable for such a small bird to have successfully made 
that round trip so many times.

Bob





Okay, so it is 8 years old (2006 - 1998). Still quite an accomplishment. We 
really appreciate the work you do. Hope the red-eyed vireo comes back in 2009 
and sets a new record!

Linda Warfield
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Bob Reilly 
To: rjreilly@xxxxxxx ; va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 11:22 PM
Subject: [va-richmond-general] correction


Oops.  That should have read May 1998 on the red-eyed vireo.  Had it been 
1997, it would already be 10 yrs old!

Bob

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Reilly" <rjreilly@xxxxxxx>
To: <va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 11:16 PM
Subject: [va-richmond-general] Update on the Prothonotary Warbler Project at 
Dutch Gap


> The Prothonotary Warbler project site at the Dutch Gap Conservation Area 
> is on pace for a record year.  Thus far this season, 330 nestlings have 
> been banded there in the project's 131 nest boxes.  110 adult breeders 
> have been captured as well.  Of those 110, 89 are returned breeders from 
> previous years (many of whom were originally nestlings in project boxes). 
> 19 are new to the project, and the remaining 2 are foreign encounters 
> (originally banded as nestlings in a prior year at the Deep Bottom Park 
> Prothonotary project site).  In addition, 123 eggs have been counted in 
> the Dutch Gap boxes in the last 3 days, and thus there's quite a bit more 
> to come!
>
> On an unrelated note,  I captured a male red-eyed vireo in Powhatan last 
> week that I had originally banded there as an adult in May 1997 !  Thus 
> the bird is at least 9 years old.  The longevity record for a red-eyed 
> vireo is 10 yrs 0 mo.  Getting close with that bird!  It was in excellent 
> condition, its plumage looking just as good as any 2-yr old.  Would sure 
> like to see it back next year!
>
> Bob Reilly
>
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