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Banding"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Male Hooded Warbler Photos from today's Banding"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-8VxBgQT4-T4\/Td1RXZb5ZNI\/AAAAAAAACe4\/D08wd-kAOnY\/s1600\/P5150046.JPG\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 387px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-8VxBgQT4-T4\/Td1RXZb5ZNI\/AAAAAAAACe4\/D08wd-kAOnY\/s400\/P5150046.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610730173180241106\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EToday at work our bird banding crew pulled this gorgeous male Hooded Warbler from the nets. It's very rare to see a Hooded Warbler on site and even rarer to band one. The reason has to do with their breeding range. Take a look at this map from the USGS made using Breeding bird Survey data. The nearest breeding population they show is in Illinois and Michigan.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-mDuMhgZpICI\/Td1Vm6twfgI\/AAAAAAAACfQ\/t9mThBxB2n8\/s1600\/usgsHoodedWarbler.gif\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 260px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-mDuMhgZpICI\/Td1Vm6twfgI\/AAAAAAAACfQ\/t9mThBxB2n8\/s400\/usgsHoodedWarbler.gif\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610734837858074114\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EStill, these birds are seen in Minnesota. Looking at eBird data from Cornell it is easy to \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/ebird.org\/ebird\/GuideMe?cmd=quickPick\u0026amp;speciesCode=\u0026amp;bMonth=01\u0026amp;bYear=1900\u0026amp;eMonth=12\u0026amp;eYear=2011\u0026amp;getLocations=states\u0026amp;states=US-MN\u0026amp;parentState=US-MN\u0026amp;reportType=species\u0026amp;speciesCodes=hoowar\u0026amp;continue.x=38\u0026amp;continue.y=9\"\u003Esee there have been four sightings in the last 30 days\u003C\/a\u003E and this is taking into account that not that many birders in Minnesota even submit their sightings to eBird. They are known to nest in Murphy Hanrehan park.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-vJ8Z2xISteY\/Td1RW9fOuiI\/AAAAAAAACew\/lzq_5D5Q0S0\/s1600\/P5150045.JPG\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 369px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-vJ8Z2xISteY\/Td1RW9fOuiI\/AAAAAAAACew\/lzq_5D5Q0S0\/s400\/P5150045.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610730165678029346\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-0mH2xly_4vA\/Td1RWn-8T_I\/AAAAAAAACeo\/9Pvb15SrGFI\/s1600\/P5150044.JPG\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 392px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-0mH2xly_4vA\/Td1RWn-8T_I\/AAAAAAAACeo\/9Pvb15SrGFI\/s400\/P5150044.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610730159905460210\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-KBw3J3yc-6M\/Td1RWPqFK_I\/AAAAAAAACeg\/kRA74pJv99Y\/s1600\/P5150042.JPG\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 390px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-KBw3J3yc-6M\/Td1RWPqFK_I\/AAAAAAAACeg\/kRA74pJv99Y\/s400\/P5150042.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610730153375509490\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis was a male and I've heard him or maybe a buddy singing on site this spring. The real question is, is anyone listening. These males can come sing all they want but if there aren't any females listening there isn't going to be any breeding going on.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI like the photo below because you can see two really cool things. You can see the band we've attached to the bird's leg as well as the cool whiskers this bird has around the mouth. I usually associate these whiskers on birds with the flycatchers. Whiskers such as these help direct insects into the bird's mouth while they are chasing after them. Very cool.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-_IcZWWwhj7k\/Td1RXqtqaTI\/AAAAAAAACfA\/lyR4o_XS6T8\/s1600\/P5150048.JPG\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 332px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-_IcZWWwhj7k\/Td1RXqtqaTI\/AAAAAAAACfA\/lyR4o_XS6T8\/s400\/P5150048.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610730177818159410\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E~Kirk\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/natureblognetwork.com\/\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/natureblognetwork.com\/button.php?u=kirkmona\"\/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\nCopyright © 2012-2015 Kirk Mona, TwinCitiesNaturalist.com \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.twincitiesnaturalist.com\"\u003EOriginal post here.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.twincitiesnaturalist.com\/feeds\/7848874776685887011\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=6896212391193095248\u0026postID=7848874776685887011","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6896212391193095248\/posts\/default\/7848874776685887011"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6896212391193095248\/posts\/default\/7848874776685887011"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.twincitiesnaturalist.com\/2011\/05\/male-hooded-warbler-photos-from-todays.html","title":"Male Hooded Warbler Photos from today's Banding"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kirk"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/15821760169329951459"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-8VxBgQT4-T4\/Td1RXZb5ZNI\/AAAAAAAACe4\/D08wd-kAOnY\/s72-c\/P5150046.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6896212391193095248.post-3204908873657183687"},"published":{"$t":"2011-04-21T07:00:00.000-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-04-21T07:00:09.311-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Bird Banding"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Birds"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Have you seen Bird Banding?"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"A number of friends appear in this nice  Three Rivers Park District video about Bird Banding. It explains a bit about the process. If you've never seen a bird banding demonstration before you owe it to yourself to check it out.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ccenter\u003E\u003Ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7LWmg9yzTcM?rel=0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"349\" width=\"560\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/center\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/natureblognetwork.com\/\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/natureblognetwork.com\/button.php?u=kirkmona\"\/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\nCopyright © 2012-2015 Kirk Mona, TwinCitiesNaturalist.com \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.twincitiesnaturalist.com\"\u003EOriginal post here.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.twincitiesnaturalist.com\/feeds\/3204908873657183687\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=6896212391193095248\u0026postID=3204908873657183687","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6896212391193095248\/posts\/default\/3204908873657183687"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6896212391193095248\/posts\/default\/3204908873657183687"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.twincitiesnaturalist.com\/2011\/04\/have-you-seen-bird-banding.html","title":"Have you seen Bird Banding?"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kirk"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/15821760169329951459"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/7LWmg9yzTcM\/default.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6896212391193095248.post-7034131498053926549"},"published":{"$t":"2010-11-09T20:37:00.000-06:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-11-09T20:37:13.819-06:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Bird Banding"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Birds"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Shrike"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"A Shrike in the Hand"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ca title=\"Photo by Kimberly Woodward. All rights reserved.\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_TwyI2AUl8U0\/TNnDKJQA6cI\/AAAAAAAACNo\/hVh-c7pa4to\/s1600\/Northern%2BShrike%2B%252814%2529.JPG\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_TwyI2AUl8U0\/TNnDKJQA6cI\/AAAAAAAACNo\/hVh-c7pa4to\/s400\/Northern%2BShrike%2B%252814%2529.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537671795877931458\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EProbably the most exciting bird caught in the nets during this fall's banding season was this beautiful Northern Shrike. The banding process begins by stringing up special nets around the nature center and then waiting for birds to fly into them. Net runners monitor the nets and run any birds they catch back to the bird banders. Paul was the lead bander this particular day. No one is really excited about sticking their hand into a bag with an agitated shrike though everyone was happy to watch someone else do it. You can see why by looking at the beak.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca title=\"Photo by Kimberly Woodward. All rights reserved.\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_TwyI2AUl8U0\/TNnC3mW8PJI\/AAAAAAAACNA\/b4LfAH10lfs\/s1600\/Northern%2BShrike%2B%25282%2529.JPG\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_TwyI2AUl8U0\/TNnC3mW8PJI\/AAAAAAAACNA\/b4LfAH10lfs\/s400\/Northern%2BShrike%2B%25282%2529.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537671477274098834\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EThere isn't really all that much difference between a shrike beak and a raptor beak. Shrikes are efficient predators and have an incredibly shark beak. Banding one is fairly intimidating. We've been banding birds at the nature center for over 40 years now and this is only the second shrike ever caught in the nets. It apparently was attacking another bird caught in the net. Shrike's feet are not strong like a raptor's feet so they kill food by impaling it on thorns. They come back and eat it later after it has died. In the following two photos, Paul is looking at the wings to learn more about the bird before banding it.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca title=\"Photo by Kimberly Woodward. All rights reserved.\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_TwyI2AUl8U0\/TNnC41p7qlI\/AAAAAAAACNY\/ln_jq4S4aQs\/s1600\/Northern%2BShrike%2B%25289%2529.JPG\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_TwyI2AUl8U0\/TNnC41p7qlI\/AAAAAAAACNY\/ln_jq4S4aQs\/s400\/Northern%2BShrike%2B%25289%2529.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537671498560154194\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca title=\"Photo by Kimberly Woodward. All rights reserved.\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_TwyI2AUl8U0\/TNnC4bwuY3I\/AAAAAAAACNQ\/Cxzs_6f9Ly0\/s1600\/Northern%2BShrike%2B%25287%2529.JPG\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_TwyI2AUl8U0\/TNnC4bwuY3I\/AAAAAAAACNQ\/Cxzs_6f9Ly0\/s400\/Northern%2BShrike%2B%25287%2529.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537671491609322354\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EThe band itself is a simple aluminum ring that is formed into a loose circle around the bird's foot with a special pliers.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca title=\"Photo by Kimberly Woodward. All rights reserved.\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_TwyI2AUl8U0\/TNnC4OmFw7I\/AAAAAAAACNI\/5ItYrUs6_KI\/s1600\/Northern%2BShrike%2B%25284%2529.JPG\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_TwyI2AUl8U0\/TNnC4OmFw7I\/AAAAAAAACNI\/5ItYrUs6_KI\/s400\/Northern%2BShrike%2B%25284%2529.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537671488075056050\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EHere the bird is just before releasing. There are a number of ways for a bander to hold birds. They do so in ways that will keep the birds safe. The bird's safety is the number one priority.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca title=\"Photo by Kimberly Woodward. All rights reserved.\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_TwyI2AUl8U0\/TNnC5BSo4-I\/AAAAAAAACNg\/PxcG6AjTMRc\/s1600\/Northern%2BShrike%2B%252811%2529.JPG\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_TwyI2AUl8U0\/TNnC5BSo4-I\/AAAAAAAACNg\/PxcG6AjTMRc\/s400\/Northern%2BShrike%2B%252811%2529.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537671501683680226\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOnce the bird is banded and all information is recorded it is set free. Hopefully, someone will capture this bird again and send the data in to the federal bird banding office so we can learn more about the life of Northern Shrikes.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E~Kirk\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size:78%;\"\u003EPhoto credit: all photos by Kimberly Woodward\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/natureblognetwork.com\/\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/natureblognetwork.com\/button.php?u=kirkmona\"\/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\nCopyright © 2012-2015 Kirk Mona, TwinCitiesNaturalist.com \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.twincitiesnaturalist.com\"\u003EOriginal post here.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.twincitiesnaturalist.com\/feeds\/7034131498053926549\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=6896212391193095248\u0026postID=7034131498053926549","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6896212391193095248\/posts\/default\/7034131498053926549"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6896212391193095248\/posts\/default\/7034131498053926549"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.twincitiesnaturalist.com\/2010\/11\/shrike-in-hand.html","title":"A Shrike in the Hand"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kirk"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/15821760169329951459"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_TwyI2AUl8U0\/TNnDKJQA6cI\/AAAAAAAACNo\/hVh-c7pa4to\/s72-c\/Northern%2BShrike%2B%252814%2529.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6896212391193095248.post-6125720241507067364"},"published":{"$t":"2010-05-20T20:25:00.000-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-05-20T20:26:01.484-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Bird Banding"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Birds"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Orchard Oriole"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Orchard Oriole Banded (with photos)"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Banding today turned up some fun birds. I felt vindicated when I heard over the radio that this guy had been caught in the nets. I had caught a glimpse of what I was sure was an Orchard Oriole a couple of days ago. The banders caught and banded a female Orchard Oriole yesterday so it looks like we have a pair of birds on site. Here's the photos.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_TwyI2AUl8U0\/S_Wo0l-lsWI\/AAAAAAAACFs\/sChGoNphMAg\/s1600\/P5200034.JPG\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_TwyI2AUl8U0\/S_Wo0l-lsWI\/AAAAAAAACFs\/sChGoNphMAg\/s400\/P5200034.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473466543639998818\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EIn this shot the lead bander is checking out the wing. You have to look at various parts of the body to tell how old the bird is.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_TwyI2AUl8U0\/S_Wo0fBn0kI\/AAAAAAAACFk\/7m3D1Tt-Jrs\/s1600\/P5200032.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 360px; height: 270px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_TwyI2AUl8U0\/S_Wo0fBn0kI\/AAAAAAAACFk\/7m3D1Tt-Jrs\/s400\/P5200032.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473466541773673026\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe deep black color of the tail tells us this bird is \"after second year\" or in non-bander lingo, he was born more than two springs ago.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_TwyI2AUl8U0\/S_WozkFL1eI\/AAAAAAAACFc\/3-6ZiV-HqsA\/s1600\/P5200031.JPG\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_TwyI2AUl8U0\/S_WozkFL1eI\/AAAAAAAACFc\/3-6ZiV-HqsA\/s400\/P5200031.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473466525950924258\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOrchard orioles are very pretty but don't get much attention since their cousin the Baltimore Oriole is so much brighter. Still a handsome bird though.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_TwyI2AUl8U0\/S_WozTRPe8I\/AAAAAAAACFU\/Kw7uubUbvjA\/s1600\/P5200026.JPG\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_TwyI2AUl8U0\/S_WozTRPe8I\/AAAAAAAACFU\/Kw7uubUbvjA\/s400\/P5200026.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473466521438092226\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn this shot the bander is putting the band around the birds foot. The tool has special holes in the jaws so that the band can be attached firmly but at he same time not crush the bird's fragile leg. If you look closely you can see the band in the tool.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_TwyI2AUl8U0\/S_Woy0iZyYI\/AAAAAAAACFM\/lu_ZCLZK9xc\/s1600\/P5200030.JPG\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_TwyI2AUl8U0\/S_Woy0iZyYI\/AAAAAAAACFM\/lu_ZCLZK9xc\/s400\/P5200030.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473466513188571522\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EThat's all for now, more migrants on the way though!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E~Kirk\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/natureblognetwork.com\/\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/natureblognetwork.com\/button.php?u=kirkmona\"\/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\nCopyright © 2012-2015 Kirk Mona, TwinCitiesNaturalist.com \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.twincitiesnaturalist.com\"\u003EOriginal post here.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.twincitiesnaturalist.com\/feeds\/6125720241507067364\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=6896212391193095248\u0026postID=6125720241507067364","title":"3 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6896212391193095248\/posts\/default\/6125720241507067364"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6896212391193095248\/posts\/default\/6125720241507067364"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.twincitiesnaturalist.com\/2010\/05\/orchard-oriole-banded-with-photos.html","title":"Orchard Oriole Banded (with photos)"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kirk"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/15821760169329951459"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_TwyI2AUl8U0\/S_Wo0l-lsWI\/AAAAAAAACFs\/sChGoNphMAg\/s72-c\/P5200034.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"3"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6896212391193095248.post-6956387067994376357"},"published":{"$t":"2010-03-11T20:28:00.000-06:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-03-11T20:29:35.715-06:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Bird Banding"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Birds"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Trumpeter Swan"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Trumpeter Swan 75A Update"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Last November I wrote about a Trumpeter Swan we spotted at work during migration. A flock of swans took to hanging out at one of our lakes. I went down to scope them out and realized that one of them had a band. It took some doing since they liked to stay as far from us as possible but we finally agreed that the band number was 75A. We submitted the information to the banding office and just this week received a response.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETrumpter 75A was too young to fly when banded on August 23, 2004. The sex was unknown. The bird was banded in Wisconsin, about 8 miles north of Stillwater, MN.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThat made the bird 5 years old when we saw at and 6 years old now. (In bird terms, all bird turn a year older on January 1.)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI did a quick map of where it was banded and where we spotted it.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_TwyI2AUl8U0\/S5kHTrOnRlI\/AAAAAAAAB5g\/ta50HFbFsbc\/s1600-h\/Screen+shot+2010-03-11+at+9.06.44+AM.png\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 322px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_TwyI2AUl8U0\/S5kHTrOnRlI\/AAAAAAAAB5g\/ta50HFbFsbc\/s400\/Screen+shot+2010-03-11+at+9.06.44+AM.png\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447393258884253266\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EThis is really interesting because the bird is not far at all from where it was banded 5 years ago. We saw it on Mays Lake which is a private lake bordered by the Warner Nature Center and private property owned by Wilder Forest. We are 5 miles west of the St. Croix River and what this confirms for me is that the trumpeter swans that sometimes hang out on our lakes in the fall are part of the St. Croix River Flyway. Not unexpected since we are so close but cool to have confirmation. We're just far enough from the river to feel disconnected from it at times. It is nice to know that this prime habitat is used as a resting stop for birds following the river. Now then, if they could just spread the word to other waterfowl that would be great.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Bald Eagles seem to have caught on to the prime habitat at the nature center and successfully fledged chicks at the nature center for the first time since the center opened in the 1960s. We're keeping our eye out for their return and I'll be sure to write about their nesting attempt this season if they return.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E~Kirk\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/natureblognetwork.com\/\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/natureblognetwork.com\/button.php?u=kirkmona\"\/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\nCopyright © 2012-2015 Kirk Mona, TwinCitiesNaturalist.com \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.twincitiesnaturalist.com\"\u003EOriginal post here.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.twincitiesnaturalist.com\/feeds\/6956387067994376357\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=6896212391193095248\u0026postID=6956387067994376357","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6896212391193095248\/posts\/default\/6956387067994376357"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6896212391193095248\/posts\/default\/6956387067994376357"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.twincitiesnaturalist.com\/2010\/03\/trumpeter-swan-75a-update.html","title":"Trumpeter Swan 75A Update"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kirk"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/15821760169329951459"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_TwyI2AUl8U0\/S5kHTrOnRlI\/AAAAAAAAB5g\/ta50HFbFsbc\/s72-c\/Screen+shot+2010-03-11+at+9.06.44+AM.png","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}}]}});