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Re: Imprinting with the slow season.
Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 9:39 pm
by teul2
They'll be here if it is dry no matter what.
Re: Imprinting with the slow season.
Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 8:06 pm
by Old Griz
We took a trip down to the Detroit area today, about 200 miles. About a foot of snow here at home but only about 2 inches from Saginaw to Detroit. All the small lakes and rivers were frozen. I saw 2 small bunches of giant Canadas just north of Detroit. Some of those birds manage to stay all winter. We had -3 degrees this morning at home, but it was in the mid 20's in Detroit.
Hope the weather sends you a some birds before the season ends!
Re: Imprinting with the slow season.
Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 9:34 am
by Anatidae
I can cite an interesting personal case:
My wife and I killed banded birds 8 days apart, less than 1/4-mile apart. The bands had the same prefixes (2357). Recovery data revealed that they were banded 6 years prior, 8 days apart, at the SAME location in Plumas, MB (obviously by the same bander). There were 1255 ducks banded during the 8-day period hers and mine were tagged.
'Makes you wonder if they traveled together those 6 years and possibly nested in the same areas they were hatched.
Interesting questions and concepts rasied in this thread.