BBL - Reporting Recovery of Marked Bird without a Metal Federal Band

Reporting encounter of a bird with a color marker and no metal federal band number read

*If you have an encounter that has both a federal band and auxiliary marker and you have the federal band number, click here. If you have already reported the federal band, do not report the color band here.

PLEASE NOTE: If the band has the letters "AU", "IF", "CU" "NPA" or "IPB" it is probably a pigeon band. We do not keep a database of these birds, but you can find more information at: http://www.pigeon.org/lostbirdinfo.htm.

Please fill in the information below, all categories and all location information are required, and then click on the SEND button to submit the data to the Bird Banding Laboratory. If you have any questions or comments, send an e-mail message to cmreports@usgs.gov

To read more about color markers, click here.

Kind of bird:
* To match a color marker with the corresponding federal band, the correct species is necessary.

About the Marker

Type of marker:

Neck collar
Color leg band with codes
Color leg band without codes
Wing marker
Leg flag/streamer
Dye
Web tag
Radio transmitter
Other

Color of marker:

Red
Pink
Orange
Yellow
White
Blue
Green
Purple
Gray
Black
Gold
Radio or web tag (no color)
other

Color of codes:

White
Black
radio or web tag (no color)
other

visual representation of code patterns Pattern of Codes:
Please select the pattern the code is in and then provide the code accordingly.

all in a row

one over the other (like a fraction) top bottom

one upright, two sideways upright sideways

other

web tag codes (look on both sides of tag please!)

radio frequency and attachment

About the How and When

How obtained:

sighting of live bird
found dead
shot, no metal band, only a marker
marker found only with seam still glued together
marker found only with seam cracked/unglued
other

Date of encounter:

Exact Date known (MM/DD/YY)
Exact Date not known
Please provide as much information about the date of encounter, i.e. which part of the month, what season or the year, what hunting season, etc.

About the Encounter Location

Country:
USA
Canada
Other:

State/Province

County

Miles (N,E,W,S,NE,NW,etc.) from (nearest town or village)

Location description: (Please do not enter town or state here)
(Please enter an identifiable location, such as a named lake, refuge, WMA, etc.)

Comments:

About You

*Denotes required field

*Your Name:
*Street Address (Line 1):
Street Address (Line 2):
*City: *State:
*Zip/Postal Code: Country (if other than U.S.):
Telephone Number:
Fax Number:
*Email Address:
Occasionally, there will be a question that the biologists need to have answered to process your sighting. Your email will not be used for any other purpose.

Please make sure you have filled in all required areas before submitting.

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