Band tails are up soon who's going?

[Sdbirds]

I'm going to be honest... ive never even seen one of these in real life! Interesting 2 bird limit. Are these more of "border birds"? I saw some info saying Henshaw, but just curious if they don't venture further north like mournings do (similar to how it was with Euros).

Data below was copied from the U.S. Forest Service data base

The breeding range of the Pacific band-tailed pigeon occurs from southwestern British Columbia; south along the western side of the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Range to Baja California Norte, Mexico, and extreme western Nevada. Pacific band-tailed pigeons may be either residents or migrants. Pacific band-tailed pigeons in the northern portion of their range are strongly migratory, although resident populations have been reported in Seattle, Washington and Portland, Oregon. Wintering grounds are from San Francisco, California, south to Ensenada, Baja California Norte. Fall migration routes to wintering grounds follow coastal mountain ranges and 2 migration corridors southward. One route follows the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada, and the 2nd route is along the Coast Ranges. Both routes converge in the Transverse Range in Ventura County, California, and continue to southern California and Baja California Norte.

Well geez... a simple NO would've sufficed ;D Thanks for that info. I'll have to keep a harder eye out for them. I've seen plenty of pigeon, mourning, and euro, just none of these.

They like pines and oaks

 

[ilovesprig]

Found a bunch today..........Public land too..........Band on a tail feather.

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[Bonejour]

#3 looks a lot like a Euro except for the ruff on the back of its neck.

 

[ilovesprig]

Similar Don........But the yellow feet, slate grey body, white ring on neck, and larger size makes them quite different......They also live high in the trees......The 3 pics have birds in 3 different kinds of trees......Pine, black oak, and spruce.

 

[BuckHunter]

When does it close?

 

[SurfNHuntSD]

When does it close?

Dec 28?

 

[8SteelTown]

I'm going to be honest... ive never even seen one of these in real life! Interesting 2 bird limit. Are these more of "border birds"? I saw some info saying Henshaw, but just curious if they don't venture further north like mournings do (similar to how it was with Euros).

Data below was copied from the U.S. Forest Service data base

The breeding range of the Pacific band-tailed pigeon occurs from southwestern British Columbia; south along the western side of the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Range to Baja California Norte, Mexico, and extreme western Nevada. Pacific band-tailed pigeons may be either residents or migrants. Pacific band-tailed pigeons in the northern portion of their range are strongly migratory, although resident populations have been reported in Seattle, Washington and Portland, Oregon. Wintering grounds are from San Francisco, California, south to Ensenada, Baja California Norte. Fall migration routes to wintering grounds follow coastal mountain ranges and 2 migration corridors southward. One route follows the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada, and the 2nd route is along the Coast Ranges. Both routes converge in the Transverse Range in Ventura County, California, and continue to southern California and Baja California Norte.

Well geez... a simple NO would've sufficed ;D Thanks for that info. I'll have to keep a harder eye out for them. I've seen plenty of pigeon, mourning, and euro, just none of these.

They like pines and oaks

Makes sense... don't have any pines and barely any oaks up here.

 

[ilovesprig]

Great 2 days of band-tail hunting.........Knew this was going to be a good year........I would like to propose that they raise the limit to at least 3.........

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[Bonejour]

Cool

 

[NBK]

Outstanding job Steve and excellent photos!

 

[SurfNHuntSD]

Nice shooting looks like fun.. send some my way! My pigeons disappeared..

 

[SurfNHuntSD]

Got a bandtail this morning then the flock bolted onto private land and never came back. Thought they'd circle back.. oh well.

 

[ilovesprig]

Yep.......There's still some out there.......Got these 2 after hunting honkers in the morning........

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[steveo007]

and a little bit more

 

[Bonejour]

Sweet. Congrats guys.

 

[ilovesprig]

and a little bit more

Nice Steve...........Hope there were two of you.

 

[steveo007]

yes steve me and my buddie, notice the heads and wings still attached, and also no location revieling, background, thanks for all the input.

:Still a newbie, and still learning!

 

[Lungpopper]

yes steve me and my buddie, notice the heads and wings still attached, and also no location revieling, background, thanks for all the input.

:Still a newbie, and still learning!

Aaahhh,,,,, but you're learning fast.

 

[ilovesprig]

Stevo.........Not trying to rag on you........It's just that there's so many laws that Mr Green Jeans just love writing tickets for.......Even at my age and experience, I find things that are little known laws in California........Just trying to watch out for our own.........

Pigeons were flying again this morning............ ;D

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[Josh Pearson]

Woke up and decided on a whim to go out since the season is so short. Nice hunt by myself.