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Banded goose
Posted: Tue May 02, 2017 11:29 am
by Shnookie
This morning I took a picture of this goose. When I looked at it on the computer I noticed it has a red band on one leg, and what looks like a silver band on the other leg. My zoom wasn't good enough to show the numbers on the red band. I couldn't see any bands on the mate. Does anyone know what groups would be banding Canada geese? If someone shoots a Canada goose that is banded are they supposed to report it?
Re: Banded goose
Posted: Tue May 02, 2017 11:47 am
by ross
Yep here's some info starts at bottom .
Re: Banded goose
Posted: Tue May 02, 2017 12:00 pm
by Killerbunny
Interesting!
Re: Banded goose
Posted: Tue May 02, 2017 12:34 pm
by Brebis
I guess they either band in other areas of the country or this goose decided to head west from Belleville Ontario!
Re: Banded goose
Posted: Tue May 02, 2017 12:47 pm
by ross
Yep even in states .Along all the north south flyways . Jack Miner bird sanctuary near Windsor has been doing it even longer . Hunters collect them as trophys . Luck
Re: Banded goose
Posted: Tue May 02, 2017 5:45 pm
by Home Grown Poultry
the very first duck I shot had a band! the poor guy didnt make it very far. he was banded on the south US side of the Lake St. clair and I shot him on the Canadian north side a couple weeks later. he was a mallard. some bands are worth serious money like $50 or even $100. this encourages people to report them whether they shot it or found it. I only got the one. I reported it on the website on the band and received a certificate in the mail.
Re: Banded goose
Posted: Tue May 02, 2017 5:56 pm
by Home Grown Poultry
wait wait wait, hold the bus. that goose is on a roof! wth is he doing up there???
Re: Banded goose
Posted: Tue May 02, 2017 6:44 pm
by ross
I've got an old tobacco kiln cross the road that shares its roof peak at different times with Turkey Buzzards & Canada Geese . Lol
Re: Banded goose
Posted: Tue May 02, 2017 9:02 pm
by WLLady
We have geese nested on the roof of where i work...and theyre both banded. ☺
Re: Banded goose
Posted: Tue May 02, 2017 9:50 pm
by Ontario Chick
thegawd wrote: ↑Tue May 02, 2017 5:45 pm
the very first duck I shot had a band! the poor guy didnt make it very far. he was banded on the south US side of the Lake St. clair and I shot him on the Canadian north side a couple weeks later. he was a mallard. some bands are worth serious money like $50 or even $100. this encourages people to report them whether they shot it or found it. I only got the one. I reported it on the website on the band and received a certificate in the mail.
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Any significance to the fact the human in the picture is also banded ?
