Out with the Super Fox again....
 

Dark and overcast so I didn't take any pictures but when we picked up birds at quitting time I did think the leg on the far left bird was interesting. Hunting on the Walpole Reservation in Ontario.

Lost my original lanyard years ago when somebody broke into my truck but the new one is getting a few on it. Feels funny that, as many years as I've been at it, all my bands are 1-800. Everything on my old string was Avise and even a Fish and Wildlife. Losing that lanyard still haunts me every time I look at the new one.

Can anyone tell me why some birds are "Redlegs" and some are "yellowlegs"?

Old wives tale I've heard is that the Redlegs are recent arrivals from the north.

I've heard all those same stories John but never really knew the truth. I turned the band in online and it was rung as a hatchling in July 2013 in Wisconsin. I was surprised it was that young. Bird was HUGE, half again the size of the other drake in the pile.

how does that silver growth get there and does it hurt the bird :shock: good shooting scott

Somewhere I've got some great shots of a goose banding project I worked on. I'll try to find them.

State Fish and Game work with the Feds and rocket nets birds feeding that they have fed for a few weeks. Bands are put on and birds are released. At least that is how it is done in NH. Does not hurt the birds.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6qmK2QfsSU

Again .....and again.....and again!

Urgent telegram just arrived from Philly:

"Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, ol' Swamp Angel is singing....it's Super Fox or Bust!!!"

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Crossing the tracks has never been easier Destry.

Check or money orders to: AHFCA, PO Box 652, Fairport, NY 14450

looks like you had a good day destrey...that band sure puts the iceing on the hunt..hope you get to fill that new string up with bands...charlie

Here in Downeast ME, the Capitol of Black Duck central, those redlegs belong on hybrids. We have a small population of Mallards here that interbreed with Black ducks. I've seen some pretty cool color combinations on a few mallards.