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Table #3:
26 BIRDS BANDED at HILTON POND
and RECOVERED/RECAPTURED WITHIN
YORK COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA

(28 June 1982 through 10 May 2006)

Sharp-shinned Hawk, juvenile male

Juvenile Male Sharp-shinned Hawk, Accipiter striatus

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Of more than 47,300 birds banded since 1982 at Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History, only 26 had been reported through 10 May 2006 as found dead or recaptured and released within surrounding York County. This is an extremely low rate of only about 0.05%.

On the table below, birds highlighted in GREEN were retrapped and released by other banders (or hand-caught by other individuals), those in BLACK were found dead, and those in RED were killed by cats. Mourning Doves were shot legally during hunting season; any other shootings were illegal.

AGE KEY
  • L = Local (bird was hatched locally and banded as a nestling, or as a fledgling incapable of sustained flight)
  • HY = Hatch Year (bird was hatched in the current year)
  • AHY = After Hatch Year (bird was hatched in a previous but unknown year)
  • 2Y = Second Year (bird was hatched in the preceding year)
  • A2Y = After Second Year (bird was hatched not the preceding year but sometime prior to that; follow same formula for A3Y, A4Y, etc.)
  • U = Unknown (bird's age could not be determined; usually used in fall when HY birds are indistinguishable from adults)

#

SPECIES

BAND
NUMBER

BANDING
DATE

AGE-
SEX

REMARKS/
AGE-SEX

ENCOUNTER
DATE

ENCOUNTER
LOCATION

AIR
MILES

1

Common
Grackle

1423-89007

06/30/82

HY-U

shot
(2Y-U)

06/13/83

Clover

10

2

House
Finch

0980-32066

12/21/82

U-M

found
dead, hit
stationary
object
(AHY-M)

03/24/83

York

< 5

3

House
Finch

0980-32123

01/15/83

AHY-M

found dead
(AHY-M)

02/??/83

York

< 5

4

Common
Grackle

1423-89027

04/16/83

AHY-M

found dead
(A2Y-M)

05/15/84

York

< 5

5

Common
Grackle

1423-89088

05/08/83

AHY-M

found dead
(A5Y-M)

04/10/87

York

< 5

6

House
Finch

2000-76639

03/17/84

AHY-F

found
dead, hit
stationary
object
(AHY-F)

03/27/84

York

< 5

7

Common
Grackle

1423-89274

05/05/84

AHY-F

killed by
cat
(A2Y-F)

05/??/85

York

< 5

8

Purple
Finch

2000-76857

02/03/85

AHY-U

found dead
(AHY-U)

03/14/85

York

< 5

9

Purple
Finch

2010-74142

12/14/85

AHY-M

found
dead, hit
stationary
object
(A2Y-M)

01/27/86

York

< 5

10

Mourning
Dove

1303-21508

03/24/86

AHY-M

shot
(AHY-M)

09/06/86

McConnells

10

11

Ruby-
throated
Hummingbird

7000-37650

07/14/86

HY-F

found dead
(2Y-F)

04/21/87

Clover

< 5

12

Evening
Grosbeak

0951-72553

02/28/87

AHY-F

found dead
(AHY-F)

04/29/87

York

< 5

13

Mourning
Dove

1333-92289

04/03/88

AHY-M

shot
(ASY-M)

09/09/89

York

< 5

14

Yellow-
rumped
Warbler

1920-44482

12/30/91

HY-U

found dead
6Y-U

03/28/96

York

< 5

15

House
Finch

2091-21680

08/12/91

L-U

caught by hand, released
(HY-U)

09/04/91

Rock Hill

10

16

Purple
Finch

2111-88319

03/04/93

A2Y-M

found dead
(A6Y-M)

02/20/97

York

< 5

17

Mourning
Dove

1333-92367

08/26/93

AHY-F

shot
(AHY-F)

09/04/93

York

< 5

18

Sharp-
shinned Hawk

0912-83399

10/25/93

HY-M

found dead (SY-M)

02/??/94

York

< 5

19

American
Goldfinch

1960-80290

01/26/94

2Y-F

found dead
(2Y-F)

03/16/94

York

< 5

20

Purple
Finch

2141-66822

03/01/94

AHY-U

recaptured,
released
(AHY-U)

03/19/94

Catawba

15

21

House
Finch

2141-66866

03/21/94

AHY-M

found dead
(A4Y-M)

05/15/97

York

< 5

22

Mourning
Dove

1333-92385

02/09/96

AHY-M

shot
(A2Y-M)

09/20/97

York

< 5

23

American
Goldfinch

1661-99041

12/24/98

HY-M

found dead
(6Y-M)

05/08/03

York

< 5

24

American
Goldfinch

1661-99138

01/23/99

ASY-M

found dead
(A3Y-M)

07/24/00

York

< 5

25

Purple
Finch

1571-50205

01/23/00

AHY-U

found
dead, hit
stationary
object
(AHY-U)

01/28/00

York

< 5

26

Northern
Cardinal

8101-40733

10/19/00

HY-F

killed by auto
(2Y-F)

04/25/03

York

< 5


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