[TN-Bird] Re: Fwd: [SHOALS:131] MAWA foreign recapture followup
- From: muise@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 09:22:00 -0400
For those of you who are not "in the know" Charlie left out one pertinent
detail. Shoals Marine Lab is on a small group of islands off the coast of
Maine and New Hampshire.
Tracey Muise
Quoting Charlie <cmmbirds@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Hi folks,
>
> This isn't a Tennessee record, but it has to do with a "neighbor"
> many of us know. It is especially pertinent because of the fact that
> the Sargents had to cancel their fall season this year in light of
> the damage done to Dauphin Island and the rest of Mobile and Baldwin
> Counties.
>
> I learned to band at Shoals Marine Lab, taught primarily by David
> (Holmes) and Sara (Morris) who are referenced in the email. I had no
> idea they learned from the Sargents. So I learned from someone who
> learned from the Sargents.
>
> btw, MAWA is bander talk for Magnolia Warbler. AHY means After Hatch
> Year. The 9 digit number is the number imprinted on the band which
> was applied at Fort Morgan and read 8 miles off the coast of Maine.
> All this reinforces what we all know: birds are amazing creatures.
>
> I'm not on the Alabama list - would someone mind forwarding it there
> for me?
>
> Charlie
> --- Anthony Hill
> wrote:
> > Subject: [SHOALS:131] MAWA foreign recapture followup
> > Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 20:39:36 -0400
> >
> > I just received word that the foreign MAWA (2130 43989) that we
> > caught on > 9/19 was originally banded as an HY/M in Fort Morgan,
> AL, on 10/19/2000.
> > This is Bob and Martha Sargent's station (the hummingbird experts
> > that trained Sara, David and me). It was banded by one of their
> crew by the name of Bill Braman. I called it AHY/U with male 'in the
> notes'.
> >
> > What are the chances ? What are the chances of encountering
> > someone else's banded bird, and what are the chances that it was
> banded by someone you (almost) know? This is amazing stuff.
> >
> > WHEW !
> >
> > Anthony
> >
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