Banding & Naming Questions

[Donna]

Just an idea    I would never want to put any eyas in danger  . Thats why I wondered if it were done safely at other sites to see how difficult it is to put together. You have such lovely little parks in Rochester and dedicated watchers its sad to hear they dont get to see any bandings anymore since Kodak. I remember the school children that used to love to name an eyas and I could just imagine their little faces when they saw them up close after watching them for weeks on the cams. I bet many of those children grew up with a love of nature because of those times and events
From here in NJ I thank you all for what you do putting together the videos so I can share in the day each year. Enjoying the new and reminiscing about the ole 

That was very well said Caitie.

[Carol P.]

Just an idea    I would never want to put any eyas in danger  . Thats why I wondered if it were done safely at other sites to see how difficult it is to put together. You have such lovely little parks in Rochester and dedicated watchers its sad to hear they dont get to see any bandings anymore since Kodak. I remember the school children that used to love to name an eyas and I could just imagine their little faces when they saw them up close after watching them for weeks on the cams. I bet many of those children grew up with a love of nature because of those times and events
From here in NJ I thank you all for what you do putting together the videos so I can share in the day each year. Enjoying the new and reminiscing about the ole 

Hi Caitie!  Thanks for sharing your idea.   

[~Ruth]

think the banding should be done as close to 'home' as possible to keep the time away as short as possible to keep the stress as low as possible.

[DoggyMom]

I've read the FAQs about how to tell Beauty and Archer apart and how to tell Beauty and Dot.ca apart. On both it says that Beauty has a green and black band on her left leg and that the males have all black bands. Is this is always the case -- females get green/black bands and males get all black bands. I've noticed at least two of the eyas have green/black bands so wonder if that means those are female.

[Dumpsterkitty]

I've read the FAQs about how to tell Beauty and Archer apart and how to tell Beauty and Dot.ca apart. On both it says that Beauty has a green and black band on her left leg and that the males have all black bands. Is this is always the case -- females get green/black bands and males get all black bands. I've noticed at least two of the eyas have green/black bands so wonder if that means those are female.

The difference is where they hatched. Archer & Dot.ca were both hatched in Canada which uses black/black vid bands. Black/green is eastern US. Black/red is Midwest US. California also uses black/black.

[Dumpsterkitty]

I've read the FAQs about how to tell Beauty and Archer apart and how to tell Beauty and Dot.ca apart. On both it says that Beauty has a green and black band on her left leg and that the males have all black bands. Is this is always the case -- females get green/black bands and males get all black bands. I've noticed at least two of the eyas have green/black bands so wonder if that means those are female.

The difference is where they hatched. Archer & Dot.ca were both hatched in Canada which uses black/black vid bands. Black/green is eastern US. Black/red is Midwest US. California also uses black/black.

Addendum...Black/red was used in the east at one time. The usfws band on the other leg is silver in eastern US & Canada. It's purple in the Midwest.