Yes, this sounds like one of our birds. We did apply blue wing-tags to about 154 young, flightless, Great Egrets this year. All of them we banded at Nottawasaga island, near Collingwood, Ontario….about a 1.5 hr drive NNW of Toronto.
If you see the bird again, please take a re-newed stab at trying to make out the markings on the tag. The number will probably be between 94 and 99 and the ltters could be any of the alphabet. Good luck, Cheers, Chip Weseloh From: Kent Robinson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: October 11, 2014 3:07 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Fwd: Rare heron type bird possibly- Fayette county 40516 Sent from Kent Robinson Begin forwarded message: From: Ben Yandell <[email protected]> Date: October 11, 2014 at 11:23:46 AM EDT To: Kent Robinson <[email protected]> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, Mary Yandell <[email protected]>, John Brunjes <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Rare heron type bird possibly- Fayette county 40516 Very cool. I found these links about Great Egrets with a blue wing tag: * https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.396511333783502.1073741876.215774161857221&type=3 * https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg33781.html Banded in Ontario in 2014. Seems your bird has come about 600 miles from its birthplace. Unfortunately, I can't make out the code on the tag. Ben Yandell On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 2:34 PM, Kent Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: Hi, My name is Kent Robinson. We live in rural Fayette county (40516) and have had this bird flying around our lake for the last 2 weeks. It is solid white heron looking bird with blue circular spots on each wing. Do you have any clue what it is? I have looked everywhere. Acts just like a heron. Thanks, Kent Sent from Kent Robinson _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide
