Our current bar-graph checklist has a written description of what constitutes the checklist boundaries. I'm afraid but anecdotal records of any unusual species could be included, it was in the 1995 publication I recall. For eastern Vancouver Island dwellers, we would be interested in any unusual movements in Georgia Straights also. To date most sightings have come from southern Vancouver Island, however, several have been reported from the Boundary Bay area on the mainland coast and a few birds have been recovered in the states of Washington, Nevada and California. Colour bands are uniquely coded with two vertical, alphanumeric characters and are placed on the left leg.
Black bands are on males and red bands are on females.
Please note band code and colour, date, time, and location. Please report the colour band combination on each leg, reading the colours from top to bottom. If you see one of these birds please note whether the pink is on the left or right wing. If you see single green colour bands try to record the engraved white letters and numbers. All records will go to the National Bird Banding Laboratory.