Post by Gord on Sept 22, 2006 20:00:51 GMT -8
This was in Bird Studies Canada newsletter today. Quite extraordinary for such a little bird!!!
Pine Siskins on the Move
22 September 2006 – A second-year Pine Siskin (band number 2430-58981) banded at the Thunder Cape Bird Observatory on May 28, 2005, near Thunder Bay, Ontario, was recovered near Smithers, British Columbia, on January 18, 2006. This is an incredible recovery spanning over 3000 kilometres as the Siskin flies. We have learned from this and other Canadian banding recoveries that Pine Siskins regularly exhibit an interesting east to west movement and vice versa. Other Pine Siskins banded in Ontario have been recovered as far west as California and three Pine Siskins recovered in B.C. were originally banded in Tennessee, Virginia, and Maine. This is another great example of how a few simple band recoveries can shed light on bird movement patterns and the geographic scale of their journeys.
Pine Siskins on the Move
22 September 2006 – A second-year Pine Siskin (band number 2430-58981) banded at the Thunder Cape Bird Observatory on May 28, 2005, near Thunder Bay, Ontario, was recovered near Smithers, British Columbia, on January 18, 2006. This is an incredible recovery spanning over 3000 kilometres as the Siskin flies. We have learned from this and other Canadian banding recoveries that Pine Siskins regularly exhibit an interesting east to west movement and vice versa. Other Pine Siskins banded in Ontario have been recovered as far west as California and three Pine Siskins recovered in B.C. were originally banded in Tennessee, Virginia, and Maine. This is another great example of how a few simple band recoveries can shed light on bird movement patterns and the geographic scale of their journeys.