Seeking wisdom from anyone familiar with bird banding and experience with reporting a bird band number… more specifically, I would like to know if it’s possible to report a partial number?

The backstory: I've been observing a family of Swainson’s hawks in our neighbourhood for the last 9 years. A new male replaced the patriarch in 2023. He is banded.

Despite my best photographing efforts, I have only confirmed the last 5 digits of the number, plus one other digit for sure (but unsure of its position). He will surely be leaving soon on his epic migration to Argentina.

I would love to know his story. Am I out of luck?

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I just uploaded a new YouTube shorts video of our local matriarch Swainson's hawk flying around. I was quite far away from her so the video isn't very clear. I also had to do some creative 'realigning' of the clips to make it a bit more watchable. Hope you like it!

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Very specific ask:

Anyone with knowledge of Indigenous bird names, specifically in Treaty 7 in so-called Alberta?

Swainson’s hawks in particular, all birds more broadly.

There's a movement to rename animal species from their "discoverer's" name to more practical/familiar names. Example: Swainson's hawks AKA Grasshopper hawks.

I'd like to use Indigenous bird names (like we do for cities, "Mohkinsstis").

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