Archive 2020 · Great Egret #30T

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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Great Egret #30T

I posted these photos on various Facebook groups. I had never seen wing tags like these before. Needless to say, they created a bit of a stir. Turns out, this bird was part of a tagging program based in Ontario. It was originally tagged on Nottawasaga Island, off Collingwood, Ontario, in 2012, as a part of this project....

https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Febird.org%2Fcaribbean%2Fnews%2Fgreat_egret_migration%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0pviy_v8uKOb8pJLaNYhJwmPAvbdGlwnbGCcYk-a459rT7kk6DN_JG9cs&h=AT1yaI5kBgYra7LtFj8_4pI4b8wSr0BiwqCE_bAnp7gO6SLkkXrhZaRJ-E4LRMJcKrfVeCpIhWU_3Qz5bgXZHEJfWqFbvimzv7rb2EPc1SR42zWBVkaNHP06IKa0Woi1kXlX&__tn__=R]-R&c[0]=AT3pNqR_Yi89da9QyYVdaVTwtqoy2Q70esNWJCqnQ3On-aMcmyb_eAW8YNlU5-yMuKxl5JmKTwaRRbQOiNT2-FKGAsQpN11ERpjLzKx5njiYm8ZcYSO6pMUMwnWTUGp-HNXPJjZqPiAbjpZ5yMOKUAgQjw

The photos are nothing special, other than the education I have received since posting. I hope to learn more of it's travels over the past 8 years-Chip Wesloh has requested my contact information. Once again, jpegs, shot hand held from my Native Ultimate kayak.

Untitled by Rob Brown, on Flickr

Nov 13, 2020 at 09:50 AM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Great Egret #30T

I think the people who put tags that large on birds are morons, just like the ones that put large collars on Canada Geese.

Both these birds are not as hard to approach as smaller birds, and birders with scopes can manage to read the numbers on small leg bands that are on small birds.

They say these do not bother the birds. I would like to see these people having to wear a comparable neck-sized collar for the rest of their lives and tell us how they like doing that.

Nov 13, 2020 at 01:27 PM


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