Seeking wisdom from anyone familiar with bird banding and experience with reporting a bird band number… more specifically, I would like to know if it’s possible to report a partial number?

The backstory: I've been observing a family of Swainson’s hawks in our neighbourhood for the last 9 years. A new male replaced the patriarch in 2023. He is banded.

Despite my best photographing efforts, I have only confirmed the last 5 digits of the number, plus one other digit for sure (but unsure of its position). He will surely be leaving soon on his epic migration to Argentina.

I would love to know his story. Am I out of luck?

#birds #birdBanding #alberta #birdsOfAlberta #birdRinging #birdOfPrey #SwainsonsHawks #reportAbirdBand #birdIdentification #yyc #calgary #calgaryWildlife #albertaWildlife #birdsOfCanada #birdsOfCalgary #raptors #birdsofmastodon

While on a wander around #SlievenacloyNatureReserve this morning I got a few shot of this lovely male #Redpoll.
After processing the images at home I noticed he was wearing some jewellery!
I doubt it’s enough to report but interesting nonetheless.

#nature #naturephotography #wildlife #bird #birds #birdphotography #passerine #ring #ringing #birdringing #Slievenacloy #belfast #lisburn #northernireland @RSPB @_bto

Waterbird Colour Marking - seen a duck or a goose with a colour ring in Ireland and the UK? You can now look it up on this great website

https://waterbirdcolourmarking.org/

#Ornithology #BirdRinging #BirdBanding #ecology

Measuring the tarsus of an adult male Hooded Warbler on his way through #BatonRouge on spring migration. All banding is being conducted under state and federal permits.

#BirdBanding #BirdRinging #ornithology #birds #warblers

📣 An updated version of the #GreifswalderOie #shinyapp is now live at

🔗 https://is.gd/xnT35p

In 2023, middle spotted woodpecker was recorded on the island for the first time and white-tailed eagle was added to the list of breeding birds.
A big thanks to everyone involved!

#birdringing #birding #birdobs