Spring Has Sprung...Robins, Blue Jays & A Squirrel PLUS Two Rings Showed Up Today. :)

[John-Edmonton]

Came home after a hunt after work today. My wife Deb had been putting peanuts out for the blue jays and squirrels all afternoon. I got out the camera, and got a few shots in. Bandit, the blue jay (has a band around his foot)has been our local guest for about 5 years. Chippy the squirrel is new, as the other squirrel got run over. And.....nice to see a robin back in Edmonton. Surely a good sign of spring, even though there are still a few patches of snow around.

Here are the totals for the weekend. I had hunted a bit after work all weekend and have just totalled them all tonite.

All these I got today. I believe the one on the right is stainless steel and the one on the left is chrome plate over steel.

 

[oldranger]

John those are REALLY cool finds
Those rings are NICE!!!!!!!!! and the
tokens(?) are really interesting too

any idea what they might be ?

Ron
RLTW

 

[Eric]

Nice finds John, By the way... I love those blue jays. Why does it have a band? Maybe it was tame before? I had several european jays before, very tame and could mimic everything. See a internet picture of one of them.

Eric. Holland

 

[john2009]

AWESOME

 

[metalhead]

Nice hunt!Nice pics!Congrats on the rings!Thanks for sharing!Happy Hunting!

 

[dahut]

Five years for a Bluejay?! That is amazing. Maybe there is a banding program in the region and "he" is more then one?...
Nice finds and great persistence.

 

[RickIowa2009]

Nice rings and token

 

[John-Edmonton]

I think that some local ornithologists are probably studying migration patterns. Just a guess though.

 

[bearkat4160]

n/t

 

[John-Edmonton]

I like them. Light enough yet still more comfortable then those large Garrett headphones that come with the GTI detectors. These are buit TOUGH!