woodcock wing survey

[finsfurfeathers]

So opened my package to submit my wings and found new envelopes this year. All the shipping envelopes are earmark for woodcock wings.
Think I'm getting a reputation,
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[fratri]

Just like the show "Cheers".....nice when everyone knows your name

[Mount Sweetness]

Never heard of this.
What is the wing survey for?

[finsfurfeathers]

Never heard of this.
What is the wing survey for?

Gives me an excuse to go hunting......Its for science
Migratory sampling has been around for as Long as I can recall. Up to this year they supplied general envelopes for submission. Goose wing tips and tail feathers and every wing of any migratory bird taken is placed in an envelope , details entered and sent off to be identified. This year for some reason they sent me specific envelopes earmarked woodcock wing where all birds taken on the same day are submitted together. Don't know why the change and as far as I know I'm the only one who got 'em.

[Mount Sweetness]

What do they find out from the wing?

[finsfurfeathers]

Sex and adult or juvenile

[mark_t1012001]

I just had to phone and ask for more envelopes. Life is tough.

[finsfurfeathers]

I just had to phone and ask for more envelopes. Life is tough.

Did you get the ones marked woodcock wings?

[mark_t1012001]

Did you get the ones marked woodcock wings?

Yes. I think they're all that way this year.

[finsfurfeathers]

Looks like the special woodcock wing envelopes was a short lived thing as the ones they sent me now are just general envelopes. Back to stuffing 1 wing each kind of like stuffing all the wings of the day's hunt into 1 envelope.