Banded SY's are returning along with many other SY's

[AllenH]

Today I have at least 4 Banded SY's at my colony. 2 Males and at least 2 Females. Looks like about 10 SY's total and my ASY pairs are only down by about 5 now. Season is looking better now. Hope lots of last years young come back to the area and start new colonies.

[Perry D. Vogel]

Hi Allen

Can you post information about the bands that were put on your Purple Martins last year? Did you use any sort of color bands that will help people quickly identify the Purple Martin's that were banded at your site?

[AllenH]

261 birds banded in 2015.

Over 50 different birds have been re-sighted at my colony as of today. Birds all have BSU Red bands on left leg and USFWS Silver bands on right leg. Last 3 digits will be the same. I have a copy of the list so I can verify them. One bird was sighted here and later in Bemidji on same day.

Saturday I had 349 eggs to date and 42 hatched so far with 84 nests and a few more with new green leaves.