[Mnbird] Five-year-old banded American Goldfinch

dan&erika danerika at gmail.com
Mon Nov 9 10:03:41 CST 2015


Near Northfield, Rice Co., this morning John Holden and I retrapped an
American Goldfinch we banded on 1 June 2012. This male was a second-year
bird when banded. Thus the goldfinch is now in its fifth year.

The oldest banded American Goldfinch was at least 10 years, 9 months old (
https://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbl/longevity/longevity_main.cfm).

dan

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