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Illinois Wildlife Q&A Video: Goose Banding

by Kathy Andrews Wright |  November 23, 2021 |  Research
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Photo by Herbert Aust.

Film Date:

June & July, 2021

Speaker:

Randy Smith, Wetland Wildlife Program Manager, Illinois Department of Natural Resources

Produced by:

Kathy Andrews Wright, Rick Wright, Sarah Marjanovic, Uros Marjanovic and Laura Kammin.

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.

0:16 Introduction of Randy Smith

0:22 Description of the timing of the goose round-up and why it takes place when it does.

1:47 Where in Illinois does goose banding take place?

2:23 What is the process for capturing geese?

5:55 Description of the bands, both in composition and numbering.

6:56 What is the process for reporting recovered bands?

9:11 What is the goal for the number of geese banded annually?

10:28 What is the history of the Illinois goose banding project?

11:37 What have we learned from the research that has been taking place related to the goose banding project?

14:14 What has the goose banding project told us about the Illinois goose population?

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Kathy Andrews Wright jest emerytowaną redaktorką magazynu Outdoor Illinois w Departamencie Zasobów Naturalnych Illinois. Obecnie pełni funkcję redaktorki Outdoor Illinois Journal.

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