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Cardinalis cardinalis
This male cardinal, whom I named Clancy, was banded in my yard in early May for a tracking project for the Smithsonian Institute. Unfortunately, I haven't seen him in June and hope that he didn't fall prey to a Cooper's hawk who has been hanging around a lot and who has done some successful hunting.
My yard
Spotted on May 31, 2015
Submitted on Jun 30, 2015
6 Comments
Thanks, Desmond - I haven't seen him for months. I explained in the description that he was banded in my yard.
I hope he comes back
And a green one too, it must have been captured & tagged.
Neat spotting, I noticed that the bird has a red & a silver band, on it's leg
Thanks, Nishant! I haven't seen him lately and hope to see him again soon so I can report it to the tracking project.
Lovely spotting!