68 Year Old Banded Bird! NDR

[Paul Taylor]

Not duck related but incredible nonetheless!


http://usfwspacific.tumblr.com/post/180809288495/worlds-oldest-wild-bird-returns-to-midway

 

[Steve Sanford]

Great story - and a great tribute to Chandler Robbins, to boot !


Thanks!


SJS

 

[greg setter]

This is a fascinating story, thanks for sharing this!

 

[benp]

That is very cool, thanks for sharing.
Birds are amazing creatures

 

[dennis caracciolo]

nice story! we got an 11 yr old triple banded hen merganser this season.

good hunting!

Dennis
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[David Strick9]

^ Great lord the tonnage of fish fry she consumed over her life span.

I killed a RBM hen this year that easily upchucked 1/2-3/4 lb of fish fry to include red and trout fry.

 

[dennis caracciolo]

Yes they do eat a lot of fish. Taking a few each season helps the fish population.