Canada Goose with a telemetry pack by Drew Weber

Canada Goose with a telemetry pack

by Drew Weber - December 12, 2010 - Banding, Science - Tagged: Bald Eagle State Park, waterfowl - no comments

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I birded today at Bald Eagle State Park and picked up new county year bird- a flock of 20 Common Goldeneye. There was a nice diversity with a couple rafts of all three mergansers, Ruddy Ducks, Great Scaup, Ring-necked Ducks and a lone Bufflehead.

There was a flock of Canada Geese that I took some time to look over and I managed to pick out one with a green band on its left leg (BOX or 8OX) and a telemetry antenna of some sort sticking out of its back. The green band was exceptionally hard to read as it was always hidden in the grass.

Radio-tagged Canada Goos

I hadn’t heard of anyone putting telemetry units on Canada Geese so a quick Google search found some info on a couple older projects but nothing that I thought this bird might be part of. I already submitted all the info to the Banding Lab but I would love to hear if anyone knows where the this bird might have been banded, what the project is, and whether its still being tracked.

Radio-tagged Canada Goos

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Drew Weber

I am a young ornithologist originally from PA but now living in central New York. I am pursuing a master's degree at Penn State University studying grassland birds and their relationships with different agricultural practices. When I am not working feverishly on my thesis, I enjoy adding new birds to my county, state and life lists, digiscoping and getting outdoors. I am active in the Pennsylvania birding community as chairman of the bird records committee, as well as a reviewer for sightings submitted to eBird. Some topics that really interest me are migration, bird distributions and vagrancy. Contact me if you have any questions about birds and birding in PA.