Thank you for sharing this information. Amazing and exciting find.
Deb
On Sat, Apr 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM <bluebird6771...> <
<000056793b0161d0-dmarc-request...> wrote:
> Just received a report from the Bird Banding Office that a male Northern
> Cardinal that we banded at the Arboretum at Penn State on 10/19/2013 was
> found along the Bellefonte Rail Trail on 3/29/2025. When banded it was an
> AHY (after hatching year) bird, so makes it at least 12 years old.
>
> Oldest banded NOCA is one banded in PA in1956 and lived to be 15 years 9
> months.
>
> Nick Kerlin
>
