14 HOUSE FINCHES BANDED AT
HILTON POND CENTER
AND LATER ENCOUNTERED
OUT-OF-STATE
(1982-2010)

AGE KEY

  • L = Local (bird hatched locally and was banded as nestling, or as recent fledgling incapable of sustained flight)
  • HY = Hatch Year (bird hatched in current year)
  • AHY = After Hatch Year (bird hatched in a previous but unknown year)
  • 2Y = Second Year (bird hatched in preceding year)
  • A2Y = After Second Year (bird hatched not in 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

BAND
DATE

AGE/
SEX

REMARKS
AGE/SEX

LATER
DATE

ENCOUNTER
LOCATION

MILES/
KM

1

House
Finch

0980-32484

11/12/83

U-F

killed by cat five years after banding (A6Y-F)

07/06/88

High Point,
NC

100 / 161

2

House
Finch

0980-32732

12/19/83

U-F

found dead
(AHY-F)

12/11/84

Oldwick,
NJ

540 / 869

3

House
Finch

0980-32775

12/26/83

U-M

found dead
9 years
after
banding
(A9Y-M)

08/26/92

Annandale,
VA

350 / 563

4

House
Finch

0980-32880

01/07/84

AHY-F

recaptured,
released (AHY-F)

03/25/84

Harrisonburg,
VA

270 / 435

5

House
Finch

2000-76064

01/22/84

AHY-F

recaptured,
released (A2Y-F)

01/03/85

Adelphi P.O.,
MD

370 / 595

6

House
Finch

2000-76128

01/28/84

AHY-F

found dead
(A2Y-F)

04/19/85

Westover AFB, MA

690 / 1,110

7
House
Finch
2051-14889
12/08/89
U-M
found dead
(AHY-M)
04/05/90
Ellicott City,
MARYLAND
390 / 628

8

House
Finch

2010-74222

12/23/85

U-M

found dead
(A2Y-M)

06/06/87

Annandale,
VA

350 / 563

9

House
Finch

2051-14948

12/23/89

U-F

recaptured, released (AHY-F)

12/16/90

Watkinsville,
GA

130 / 209

10

House
Finch

2091-20438

08/11/90

HY-U

found dead
(2Y-F)

01/09/91

Gastonia,
NC

20 / 32

11

House
Finch

2091-21777

08/26/91

HY-M

found dead
(2Y-M)

02/10/92

Forsyth,
GA

230 / 370

12

House
Finch

2111-87820

08/21/92

2Y-U

found dead
hit stationary object
(4Y-U)

01/11/94

Lewisville,
NC

90 / 145

13

House
Finch

2141-66217

12/18/93

U-M

killed by
cat
(AHY-M)

05/10/94

Concord,
NC

50 / 80

14

House
Finch

1571-51472

12/15/01

U-M

recaptured,
released
(A2Y-M)

05/23/03

Iron Station,
NC

27 / 43

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