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Cbirders,

I got the following email from a friend recently.

Most of us will not have a chance to look for painted buntings in North and 
South Carolina for months (if then), but with all the CBC birders scouring 
the scrub along the coast, if there are any p.b. stragglers, they will find 
them.  Now they have the added challenge of seeing if and how the birds 
accessorize.  

John_Ann_Shearer@fws.gov writes:

<< Painted Buntings (Passerina ciris) of the Atlantic Coast
        breeding
        population are being uniquely color-banded from southeastern
        North Carolina
        to north eastern Florida as part of a five-year study of annual
        survival.
        Each bird has a metal band plus three color bands (2 bands each
        leg). Color
        bands being used are: dark blue, light blue, yellow, red, dark
        pink, light
        pink, orange, purple, light green and black. Carefully note
        band positions
        (upper and lower on bird's left or right legs. One to three
        bands of the
        same color may be used on an individual. Please send sightings
        of
        color-banded buntings to PAUL SYKES, USGS Patuxent Wildlife
        Research
        Center, School of Forest Resources, The University of Georgia,
        Athens, GA
        30602-2152 (PH: 706-542-1237, FX: 706-542-1235, EM:
        Paul_Sykes@usgs.gov).
 
        Mark Johns
        NC Wildlife Resources Commission
        Nongame and Endangered Wildlife Program
        NC Coordinator
        Partners in Flight and Breeding Bird Survey
        PO Box 564
        Cary, NC  27512
        (919) 852-5124
        Johnsme@interpath.com
  >>

Hal Broadfoot
halwb@aol.com
Buies Creek, NC




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     Subject:  Painted Buntings
     Author:   "Mark e. Johns" <johnsme@interpath.com>
     Date:          11/24/1999 2:58 PM




       Painted Buntings (Passerina ciris) of the Atlantic Coast
       breeding
       population are being uniquely color-banded from southeastern
       North Carolina
       to north eastern Florida as part of a five-year study of annual
       survival.
       Each bird has a metal band plus three color bands (2 bands each
       leg). Color
       bands being used are: dark blue, light blue, yellow, red, dark
       pink, light
       pink, orange, purple, light green and black. Carefully note
       band positions
       (upper and lower on bird's left or right legs. One to three
       bands of the
       same color may be used on an individual. Please send sightings
       of
       color-banded buntings to PAUL SYKES, USGS Patuxent Wildlife
       Research
       Center, School of Forest Resources, The University of Georgia,
       Athens, GA
       30602-2152 (PH: 706-542-1237, FX: 706-542-1235, EM:
       Paul_Sykes@usgs.gov).

       Mark Johns
       NC Wildlife Resources Commission
       Nongame and Endangered Wildlife Program
       NC Coordinator
       Partners in Flight and Breeding Bird Survey
       PO Box 564
       Cary, NC  27512
       (919) 852-5124
       Johnsme@interpath.com