[wisb] Orange-collared Canada Goose in Milwaukee: 8+ years old, from Hudson Bay
- From: "B.G. Sloan" <bgsloan2@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: wisbirdn <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 09:29:59 -0700 (PDT)
A couple of weeks ago I mentioned that there was a Canada Goose with an orange
plastic neck collar in Milwaukee's Veterans Park. Eventually I got close enough
to the bird to see the number on the collar with my binoculars (the number was
U7F5).
I posted a note to the BIRDCHAT e-mail list asking how to report
banded/collared birds. People pointed me to: http://www.reportband.gov. I
filled out a form on the website (haven't heard from them yet).
It so happens that someone on the BIRDCHAT list recognized the description of
the band. I received the following info from Ken Abraham of the Ontario
Ministry of Natural Resources.
"The particular collared goose (U7F5) was an After Hatch Year female that we
banded on 4 August 2002 on the Hudson Bay Coast of Ontario, near Ft Severn.
This bird belonged to the Mississippi Valley Population of Canada geese.
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources bands 6000--7000 Canada geese annually on
the Hudson Bay and James Bay coasts. It should be noted that 2002 was the last
year that neck collars were applied to these geese, so this bird was in the
final cohort of collared birds."
I checked Google Maps, and Ft. Severn, Ontario, is about as far north as you
can go in Ontario.
It's kinda cool to know a little something about the history of a specific
bird. There are so many geese in Veterans Park that it's a little hard to
conceive of them as individuals...I tend to just think of them collectively as
a flock. :-)
Bernie Sloan
Milwaukee
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