Got a Banded Mallard this week, thought it would be interesting to see who has bands and where from. In 54 years of hunting I have gotten 20 banded birds, one was a snowy Owl found dead in a field, it was caught at SeaTac and turned loose in Skagit valley and banded. it was found dead beside a pile of duck feathers,, I think an Eagle took it out. here is a list of bands.
Mallard Drake, banded in Silvana and shot near LaConner 1971
Black Brant, banded near Melville Is. shot in Padilla Bay 1976
Mallard Hen, banded in Sutherland,Neb. shot near LaConner 1976
Black Brant, banded near Melville Is. shot in Padilla Bay 1977
Pintail hen, banded in Grand Prairie Alberta, shot near LaConner 1979
Mallard Drake, banded in Sexsmith Alberta, shot near LaConner 1980
Atlantic Brant, banded near Palmer Point FKLN. shot in Padilla Bay 1983
Mallard Drake,banded in the Columbia NWR, shot near LaConner 1993
Mallard Drake, banded in Seven Persons, Alberta, shot near LaConner 1985
Lesser Snow Goose, banded Wrangell Is. USSR shot near Conway 1999
Lesser Snow Goose,banded Wrangell Is. USSR shot near Conway 1999
Mallard Drake,banded near Bay View, shot near LaConner 2002
Mallard Hen,banded 35 west of Fairbanks AK, shot near LaConner 2005
Lesser Snow Goose, banded on Wrangell Is. USSR shot near Conway 2007
Lesser Snow Goose, banded on Wrangell Is. USR shor near Conway 2008
Snowy Owl, banded in Bow,Wa. found near LaConner 2013
Mallard Drake, banded west of Fairview,Alberta, shot near LaConner 2013
Mallard Drake, banded west of Fairview, Alberta shot near LaConner 2016
Pintail Hen, banded in Blaine Wa. shot near LaConner 2017
Mallard Drake, banded near Peace River Alberta, shot near LaConner 2018