Update on Goshawk: Is someone available to band this bird

["Philip Veerman" <>]

Thanks for your insight. I don't know if RSPCA do or don't have any such project approval. I am not involved in the bureaucracy. Maybe I am just being sensible. I would have thought RSPCA would have gone through that approval process years ago, since they rehabilitate several birds. So I just assumed they would have project approval. I know the idea was being discussed under the old Wildlife Foundation at least approx 27 years ago and their work later went to the RSPCA (or that is what I think happened).

 

Or I was simply assuming that under someone else's banding licence, it would be covered, but that is a guess without thinking about it too closely. Of course any activity on banded birds should have coordination through the national scheme. I would have assumed that the simple act of banders submitting their log books would meet the requirements for that coordination. Or am I being too simplistic?

 

I expected the sexes would have different bands.

 

Philip

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Anthony Overs [
Sent: Monday, 18 March 2013 2:14 PM
To: Philip Veerman
Cc:
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Update on Goshawk: Is someone available to band this bird

Unless
the RSPCA has an approved project for banding birds, through the Australian Bird
and Bat Banding Scheme, the bird can't be banded. I'll talk to them about
getting a project started. It concerns me that the RSPCA releases birds with
bands that are not coordinated through the national scheme (e.g. the tawny
frogmouth). 

Size dimorphic species do take different size bands, e.g.
goshawks, sparrowhawks, songlarks,
button-quail.

Anthony

On 18 March 2013 13:54, Philip Veerman <> wrote:

I have been corresponding with Kym about this adult Brown Goshawk that Kym rescued, after it was tangled in barbed wire. It is at the RSPCA in Weston. I suggest that if one of our several local banders is available and brave enough to do so, could they go out to the RSPCA and band the bird before release. I'll leave any arrangements to anyone who wishes to be involved. Do male & female Brown Goshawks use different size leg bands? I don't know what sex it is.

 

Philip

 

-----Original Message-----From: kym bradley [ Sent: Monday, 18 March 2013 1:24 PM   To:
Subject: [canberrabirds] Update on Goshawk

Rang the RSPCA just after 9.00 am the young lady said NO broken bones ( so pleased )  possible tendon damage should not be long before it can go back to the wild

The photo I forgot to add yesterday you can see the wire through it

The reason I took photos was to draw its attention whilst another covered the birds head we did not wish it freaking out and doing more damage it worked