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From: 'Cathy Sheeter' via Colorado Birds
Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2021 8:30 AM
To: Colorado Birds
Subject: [cobirds] Re: Red-Tail with a plastic band--looking for info
This is indeed a "bumblebee band" used for airport r
This is indeed a "bumblebee band" used for airport relocation birds. You
can still report it to the Bird Banding Laboratory and may get information
back. In 2014 when I found a juvenile RTHA with the same style band they
put me in touch with the guy who ran the relocation program. At that tim
Thanks for all the comments! I've also has some off-line emails about
this. A couple of those have said this is not a band style used by
falconers.
The most promising lead says that raptors get relocated from DIA, and are
marked with bands like this. This is done by the USDA, and I will try
