Back on Oct 10th I observed a neck-banded Canada Goose in Wallingford, 'G73,' that I figured originated in Greenland. I just received the following info from Tony Fox:
"This
was another Greenland banded Canada Goose, first banded as a female
gosling on 18 July 2009 on Lake I in Isunngua, west Greenland, when it
was too small to
take a collar, so it was simply banded with a yellow plastic leg
band(as well as metal band) with the black engraved code GTX. It was
caught again on lake R on 18 July 2014 a couple of kilometres away from
its original catch site, when it was decided to add
the collar and the leg band was changed to coincide with the code on
the collar. As you will see, since then it is has been a well-travelled
bird, with records from Canada as well as New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Mass and NY, so it is simply wonderful to find
it staging in Connecticut with you this year!"
- NB
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