3 August 2019
Hamilton County, TN
I just received a report from the Bird Banding Lab regarding an after hatch
year female Magnolia Warbler I banded at Greenway Farms on September 7, 2009.
On June 13, 2019, someone found the skeleton with the band still on it...in
Winnie, TX!!!! Winnie is 40 km SW of Beaumont, and about 35 km N of Anahuac
National Wildlife Refuge. Since the find was only a skeleton, there is no
telling how long it has been there, or whether it met its demise during spring
of fall migration, but it is one more data point for the migratory connectivity
of Magnolia Warblers. This is the farthest I have ever had one of my birds
found.
David Aborn
Chattanooga, TN
