26 November 2016
Hamilton County, TN
Last year I reported a dead Hooded Warbler on the UTC campus that was banded.
This morning, I took some specimens out of the freezer in my lab for my
Ornithology students to prepare for the museum, one of which was a catbird I
found on campus on September 27, 2016. I didn't notice it when I originally
collected it, but the bird had a band on it! I just reported the band to the
Bird Banding Laboratory, and it was originally banded on August 14, 2016 in
Portage, Michigan. The bird was banded as a hatch-year individual, so it was
killed on its first fall migration. Finding any banded bird is an uncommon
occurrence, but to have 2 found as window casualties at the same location is
extraordinary.
David Aborn
Chattanooga, TN
