Show BIRD BANDING ADDS TO HUNTING OF WILD FOWL hunters may now add a new thrill to their sport the biological survey of the united states department of agriculture ri points out in any bag of ducks for example there may be one or more birds banded by the survey or some of its cooperating helpers these bands are made of aluminum or copper and each carries a serial number and the legend notify biological survey washington D C in return for this favor the survey will send to the hunter the information on file as to where and when the bird was banded at the opening of the 1928 season nearly 20 stations were in operation for banding waterfowl these stations extend from maine and south carolina on the atlantic coast to oregon ard california on the pacific there are also stations in canada and alaska more than ducks and geese haye been banded and valuable information as to feeding and flights TK ben be n obtained from reports sent in by hunters who have killed banded birds most of the ducks coming to any particular locality are likely to come corf corp morp or les th same region north or south but there are records f cat and west flights if a hunter were fortunate enough to kl wal w al banded birds in the course of a few seasons he well have an enduring trophy of his skill in the arm of reports from the survey as to the where these birds were banded A hunter at robertson lake tex nilca a mallard on november 27 1921 that had been banded only a month and tour days before at leduc alberta and had its way across the whole united states in the mean ahme two mallards banded at browning HI in the fall of 1922 pot separated one was near sacramento calif in the winter of 1921 and the other in georgei in the fa of 1924 there are reports of wild fowl in canada and sant on the gult coast and vice versa any hunter might bag in a few years not only the birds but their records as well and in addition would have th satisfaction of helping the biological curvey which Is active in promoting sportsmanship by preserving the flocks of wild fowl |