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Title: Old Bands
Post by: frazierw on January 31, 2022, 06:58:44 AM
Last day of the season and I shot a double banded hen.  I was pretty thrilled when I got a closer look at the bands.  She was an old gal for sure.
Title: Re: Old Bands
Post by: h2ofowlr on January 31, 2022, 07:05:50 AM
You can have them etched to pull the numbers out.  Just don't leave them in the acid or they disolve.  I shot one similar yesterday that I have to etch.
Title: Re: Old Bands
Post by: frazierw on January 31, 2022, 07:10:47 AM
Have you ever had one etched before?  How much does it change the band?
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Post by: full choke on January 31, 2022, 07:34:26 AM
How much is that reward band, $100?

Title: Re: Old Bands
Post by: frazierw on January 31, 2022, 08:10:20 AM
Tough to read, it is either $10 or $100, or $1000  :chuckle:
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Post by: hunterednate on January 31, 2022, 08:59:38 AM
That is so rad! Congratulations. Would love to know how old that hen was if you can make out the numbers.
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Post by: phildobaggins on January 31, 2022, 09:02:17 AM
That's awesome!
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Post by: KP-Skagit on January 31, 2022, 09:35:10 AM
Those bands are more worn than a banded snow I shot that was 13 years old!
Title: Re: Old Bands
Post by: ASHQUACK on January 31, 2022, 10:53:15 AM
Have a Harliquen band that was completely smooth and almost worn through. It was on him 13 years and banded in Canada. Had to send it in to have it etched and reported.
Title: Re: Old Bands
Post by: Blacktail135 on January 31, 2022, 10:55:52 AM
 Congratulations! Those look ancient!
Title: Re: Old Bands
Post by: hunterednate on January 31, 2022, 11:59:42 AM
Have a Harliquen band that was completely smooth and almost worn through. It was on him 13 years and banded in Canada. Had to send it in to have it etched and reported.

So cool! Any pics of the harly with the band you can share?
Title: Re: Old Bands
Post by: frazierw on January 31, 2022, 12:39:57 PM
Have a Harliquen band that was completely smooth and almost worn through. It was on him 13 years and banded in Canada. Had to send it in to have it etched and reported.

How much did the etching change the band?
Title: Re: Old Bands
Post by: WALLEYEGUY on January 31, 2022, 01:30:15 PM
Have a Harliquen band that was completely smooth and almost worn through. It was on him 13 years and banded in Canada. Had to send it in to have it etched and reported.

How much did the etching change the band?

And where did you send it, I have a couple from my younger days.
Title: Re: Old Bands
Post by: frazierw on January 31, 2022, 01:33:48 PM
Have a Harliquen band that was completely smooth and almost worn through. It was on him 13 years and banded in Canada. Had to send it in to have it etched and reported.

How much did the etching change the band?

And where did you send it, I have a couple from my younger days.

Bird Banding Labratory
12100 Beech Forest Lane
Laurel, MD 20708
Attn: Band to be etched
Title: Re: Old Bands
Post by: ASHQUACK on January 31, 2022, 01:37:12 PM
Have a Harliquen band that was completely smooth and almost worn through. It was on him 13 years and banded in Canada. Had to send it in to have it etched and reported.

How much did the etching change the band?

And where did you send it, I have a couple from my younger days.

Bird Banding Labratory
12100 Beech Forest Lane
Laurel, MD 20708
Attn: Band to be etched
This, and it was free.
I doesn't change the band at all.  Unless they have to flatten it. You can request they don't.
Title: Re: Old Bands
Post by: ASHQUACK on January 31, 2022, 01:46:21 PM
Best pic I still have.
Title: Re: Old Bands
Post by: frazierw on January 31, 2022, 01:47:01 PM
What a trophy, that is incredible!
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Post by: ASHQUACK on January 31, 2022, 01:50:42 PM
What a trophy, that is incredible!
It's my only ever solo band.
Title: Re: Old Bands
Post by: hunterednate on January 31, 2022, 02:05:23 PM
Best pic I still have.

That is awesome. Hard to top....but the double old reward bands from Ashquack give it a run for its money. Congrats to both of you.
Title: Re: Old Bands
Post by: BD1 on January 31, 2022, 02:44:00 PM
This what Old Googly Eyes came up with
https://www.google.com/search?q=Bird+Banding+Labratory+12100+Beech+Forest+Lane+Laurel%2C+MD+20708&rlz=1C1GCEV_en&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Title: Re: Old Bands
Post by: BD1 on January 31, 2022, 02:44:48 PM
Good luck and lets us know what you come up with  :tup:
Title: Re: Old Bands
Post by: bigdub257 on January 31, 2022, 03:39:56 PM
We shot a banded redhead a few years ago.  The band was completely smooth. Didn't know they could etch them to read the data.  Think I'll send it in also out of curiosity.  Always fun to see where and when a bird was banded.
Title: Re: Old Bands
Post by: frazierw on March 04, 2022, 08:08:58 AM
Finally got the info back on my band.  The bird was banded in 2010 in Othello.
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Post by: lewy on March 04, 2022, 11:48:00 AM
Wow I didn’t realize ducks lived that long in the wild
Title: Re: Old Bands
Post by: hunterednate on March 07, 2022, 08:41:43 AM
Finally got the info back on my band.  The bird was banded in 2010 in Othello.

So cool. That old hen ran the Columbia Basin gauntlet for over a decade. Impressive. Thanks for sharing.
Title: Re: Old Bands
Post by: Dan-o on March 07, 2022, 09:19:06 AM
Finally got the info back on my band.  The bird was banded in 2010 in Othello.

So cool. That old hen ran the Columbia Basin gauntlet for over a decade. Impressive. Thanks for sharing.

That really is cool.

Would love to see a map of her flight pattern over those years. 
Title: Re: Old Bands
Post by: Goshawk on April 03, 2022, 09:09:54 PM
I know it's apples and oranges, but over the years of raising flying mallards, I've had a few that stick around like pets rather than migrate.  The oldest drake (Donald of course) lived to be 15 years old before a river otter pulled him under.  he was still flying and doing fine, so it's possible some of our "tough meals" might be very old ducks.
Title: Re: Old Bands
Post by: h2ofowlr on September 30, 2022, 08:01:27 AM
I had a buddy that wanted to try etching one of my old bands to pull the numbers out.  He must not have watched any YouTube videos and left the band in the acid vs. placing some on a Q-Tip and going over the face.  The acid completely at the band.  Only trace of the band was some darker sediment in the bottom of the cup.
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