Man, I got goosed in the woods a while back!

[kimsdad]

A few weeks ago, I found a big HONKIN' bird band along the river in the woods. I had found a racing pigeon band last year, but it pales in comparison to the big, bad band from this hunt. This band had the toll-free number to call to report finding it, so I held off on posting it until I heard back from them. I had never reported one of these bands before, so I'm throwing this up here so anyone who finds their first one like I did will know what you get back when you report it.

Here's the comparison between the two bands:



The operater asked me questions about my "encounter" with the banded bird. I felt kind of bad telling her that there was no bird left, just the band and that the bird must be dead. I think they would prefer that the encounter be with a live one. After getting all of the info, she said I'd get a certificate in the mail in about four weeks. Well, it came and here it is:



She was a Canada Goose banded in August 2002 in Canada. I checked and it's origin is about 980 miles one way in a straight line to where I found it. God only knows how many miles she actually travelled to get here, how many times she made the trip, or how far south she had ever travelled. That's the kind of stuff that fascinates me. I just love to see these birds flying together in their V's, hundreds of feet up. What endurance they have. I do have to say that I'd be pretty pissed if I were her and somebody clamped a big metal tag on my leg! I'd poop in their parks, too!

Here's some other misc relics I found along the way. I hunted all around to find the knife to go with the matching fork & spoon to no avail. The other spoon has an interesting shape to its handle that I've never seen before. There's part of a bell, a "junk metal" religious pendant, and a couple of dog rabies tags .



Thanks for looking at my band & HH this weekend!

 

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[mts]

That's pretty cool. If I ever find one of those bands I'll be sure to make the call. We have tons of Canadian geese here in Ohio and boy are they ever turning into a nuisance. They basically block the road and won't move no matter what you do. I've seen people get fed up and just floor it and run them right over.

 

[Lowbatts]

That's cool Neil. I've found duck and geese bands, still looking for a sandhill band, that or maybe one from one of the more obscure migrants around here would be cool.

I think we should band the homeless, too. They seem quite migratory, as we get a busload in once a month or so and they slowly dissipate into the surrounding communities and become rare until another busload shows up. My theory is we trade busloads with Rockford and/or Aurora and these folk travel between the two using up the local services until they are bound and bussed. If we banded or micro-chipped them we could better track their movement and habits and perhaps anticipate the various trends that follow their arrival and departure.

 

[silverfreak]

Pretty cool Neil Lots of other sweet finds too.

I don't have much woods to hunt around here and besides....the Yeti lurks there

 

[litefire56]

Pretty nice Neil ! I was able to track some of my bands online but the certificate is wayyy cool.

 

[twistidd]

Cool! So far I've found two pigeon bands in the woods, maybe some day I'll get a big goose one too.

Joe

 

[watercolor]

It'd be cool if they made some of those rings out of silver 8)

Even out of aluminum, that's still a great find & certificate

 

[DPBOB]

Thanks for sharing that with us..... It's pretty cool stuff....


Since you like to watch the geese fly in a " V " then::::::

Why is it that the " V '' is always short on one side and longer on the other side
















































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[DPBOB]

THERE'S LESS GEESE IN THE SHORT LINE............................

 

[kimsdad]

Thanks guys!

Good to see you here on IL, MTS! Thanks!

I think we should band the homeless, too. They seem quite migratory, as we get a busload in once a month or so and they slowly dissipate into the surrounding communities and become rare until another busload shows up. My theory is we trade busloads with Rockford and/or Aurora and these folk travel between the two using up the local services until they are bound and bussed. If we banded or micro-chipped them we could better track their movement and habits and perhaps anticipate the various trends that follow their arrival and departure.

Hey Tim, we used to tell them that the streets in Elgin were lined with gold. Sometimes, with just the right viewing angle, the bicycles did take on the formation of a V as they headed southwest.

 

[Lowbatts]

"Hey Tim, we used to tell them that the streets in Elgin were lined with gold"

C'mon Neil you know better. You can stack double eagles on one side of the table and gold spray paint and lunch bags on the other.

You know which side these folk would line up on, right? You can follow the river bank down from the canoe launch at Trout Park and see the results. I'd call 'em bird brains, further qualifying the banding program, but I don't want to insult the birds. Birds actually produce results good for the promulgation of their species rather than another excuse to cease breeding!

 

[Brett]

Very cool info on the bird band certificate Neil! Thanks for sharing that.

Congrats on the finds too!

Re: Golden Mouth Man
I was wondering how he got gold on his mouth... that kind of thing is hard to photoshop, and was thinking gold leaf? Then I read the filename, "huffer.jpg"... LOL! That made me laugh for a second time. Thanks for that one Tim.