Pam Monahan of Virginia Beach reported to the
United States Geological Survey information that she was able to glean from
this eagle's leg band as the bird flew over Honey Bee Golf Course.
Monahan saw the bird several times before
she was able to pick out the letters “HK" on the purple
leg band.
Monahan was familiar with the youngsters banded
at nests in Norfolk Botanical Garden and was sure she had found one of the
garden's juveniles.
She reported the information to the Geological
Survey’s Bird Banding Laboratory that keeps track of banded birds across the
United States: http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/BBL/.
The Geological Survey responded with a
certificate of appreciation with the information that the eagle was
indeed a male banded at the 2009 eagle nest at Norfolk Botanical Garden.
This time of year is a great time to see banded
birds, because not only are eagles making themselves known close up, but banded
snow geese and other waterfowl also are around in the southern part of the
Virginia Beach.
If you see a banded bird, use your binoculars to
try to pick out the letters or numbers and don’t forget to note the band’s
color.
Forward the information to the website and look
forward to hearing a little bit about your bird’s background.
“It thought it was quite an interesting
process,” Monahan said.
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