Banded Teal.

[LittleM]

Nasal Band. WTF...

 

[Bubblehead]

Going to see a lot more of those. Those and back pack trackers. Lots of money being spent on migratory bird research right now from a multitude of agencies and NGOs

[Russ 11]

What the hell kind of tag is that ?   Nice pic 

[Trophy8]

Wonder if it's a bio degradable band? Can see that causing a problem for the bird.

Beautiful Blue wing teal! 

[Lunatic]

1 hour ago, LittleM said:

Nasal Band. WTF...

 

In the name of science they deface the duck!! How dumb is this? I saw swans with giant neck rings looking even less comfortable. 
great pic! 

[SoxFan]

That is the craziest tag I have ever seen

[Recurve hntr]

I never seen anything like that. Why not the leg as usual. I don’t like that . 

[Beenthere]

9 hours ago, Recurve hntr said:

I never seen anything like that. Why not the leg as usual. I don’t like that . 

It is similar to neck collar.  They need away to identify the bird without catching or harvesting it as it migrates. 
 

[Beenthere]

Wildfowl did an article a few years back about Collared birds. Unfortunately the data gets very poor results due to that bird being considered a trophy. Though when a collared bird is spotted you can still report it. I spotted a few Canadas (Canadians are people not geese) a few years ago. They were collared in NYC at a park and reported in Lawrenceville.