Watch for color marked Painted Buntings

["Susan Campbell" <ncaves@utinet.net>]

Carolinabirders,

Please be aware that Painted Buntings with colored leg bands (In addition to
metal numbered bands) may appear at feeders along the Carolina coast again
this summer. These birds have been banded over the course of the past few
years by Paul Sykes at the University of Georgia.  Please report any color
marked buntings to him at Paul_Sykes@usgs.gov or (706) 542-1237.  He will
need to know what color bands are which legs (two colors may be seen on
either or both legs) as well as the plumage of the bird (green vs. brightly
colored male).  Please spread the word to friends and neighbors that feed
birds and live in the coastal plain of southern North Carolina/ coastal
South Carolina.

Susan Campbell
Whispering Pines, NC