I thought this was fascinating! Larry Robinson ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ivan Miksik <miksik@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 2:28 PM Subject: Re: Migration of Willow Flycatcher To: BIRDBAND@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Hello, it's really amazing!! In this case it could be important to know exact time of banding as well as your control. Regar Ivan Ivan Miksik Czech Republic www.natureblink.com > We always speak about amazing migration achievements in Shorebirds. Here I > want to show you something amazing. You know Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax > traillii), these little guys can fly from North America to northen South > America during migration. they weight 14 to15 grs. and they cross through > where we are, in Minatitlan Veracruz. Yesterday we caught around 120 of > them, and one was alrededy banded. We checked out, thanks to BBL, found > this bird was banded in Harrison Illinois, USA on the 30th of August 2014. > We recaptured it yesterday 1st of september 2014, two days later 2200 km > away. That means this bird flew about 45 km/hour for 48 hours non stop. > That it's an achievement. > > If somebody have the email of Lee G jonhson, He is the happy bander...I > would like to enter in contact with him.. > > All the best > Manuel > www.tierradeaves.com >