Mourning Dove Banding in Illinois Q&A

Film Date:

July 22, 2021

Speaker:

Doug Brown from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources

Produced by:

Kathy Andrews Wright

Rick Wright

Edited by:

Sarah Marjanovic

Questions received in advance of the conversation are listed below, with the time noted should you desire to fast-forward to a topic of interest.

0:52 Demonstration of dove banding process

1:53 Characteristics of an adult dove

3:16 Characteristics of a male dove

3:42 Recapture of a banded bird

4:34 Characteristics of a female dove

5:50 Characteristics of a young of the year dove

7:32 Bands registered with the U.S. Geological Survey

9:10 Reporting harvest of banded birds

9:57 Incidental catch of a house finch

10:29 Timing of annual banding process

11:39 Doug Brown’s background with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources

12:30 Capture oddies

13:04 Handling avian predators

13:41 History of national dove banding project

For more information on Illinois wildlife:

wildlifeillinois.org

outdoor.wildlifeillinois.org

deer.wildlifeillinois.org

huntillinois.org

cicada-idnr.org

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