August 19, 2017

I am always grateful to to the people who host our banding and then keep such good track of the birds in their yards.

One host in Kissimmee has just reported a male banded bunting at his feeder that was not banded at his location.  This doesn't happen very often and is great data for hopefully tracking the paths of our Painted Buntings.

Painted Bunting (young green) 

Not the one at the feeder - an example

Thanks to his persistence, we know the combination and know where the bird was banded.  It was a young (green) bird banded on 10/21/2015 in Jupiter.  That host tells us that it remained in Jupiter until the middle of March, 2016.

One can hope that this bird either stays in Kissimmee or returns to Jupiter!