Got the results back! This bird was a female Greater Snow Goose, banded in
2017 near Bylot Island in Nunavut, presumed to have hatched in 2016 or
earlier.

On Sun, Nov 22, 2020 at 13:25 Ken Copenhaver <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I reported band XJ76 (very close to your XJ68) in 2017.  Since 2015, I've
> reported at least 13 SNGO bands and 3 CANG bands.  All of the Snow Geese
> were banded at Bylot Island.  It's interesting to see when they were banded
> and where/when they were previously reported, if any.
>
> --Ken Copenhaver
>
> On Sat, Nov 21, 2020 at 5:39 PM Martha Adams <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > I reported a SNGO last March with different numbers (XR70) but from the
> > same banding station. I saw this one in Windham County. Those bands are
> so
> > clear and easy to read, as opposed to the silver leg band on another SNGO
> > in the same group that I wasn’t able to read from my photos.
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> > > On Nov 21, 2020, at 1:36 PM, David Guertin <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > It's likely the same banding station. Let us know the details when you
> > get a response!
> > >
> > > The one I found was banded in August 2013 on Bylot Island, Nunavut,
> > which is home to a huge breeding colony of Greater Snow Geese. There's a
> > long-term population study there led by Gilles Gauthier, which has
> banded a
> > large number of Snow Geese.
> > >
> > > Dave G.
> > >
> > >> On 11/21/20 1:20 PM, Avery Fish wrote:
> > >> Yeah, I reported to a form that asked for that. Mine was also black
> > letters
> > >> on yellow. Same banding station?
> > >>
> > >> On Sat, Nov 21, 2020 at 13:18 David Guertin <[log in to unmask]>
> > wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Cool! The one I reported on the 8th was TK02, so this is a different
> > >>> goose. The form to report the neck band also asks for the color of
> the
> > >>> band -- mine was black letters on a yellow band.
> > >>>
> > >>> Dave G.
> > >>>
> > >>> On 11/21/20 12:36 PM, Avery Fish wrote:
> > >>>> I saw a banded SNGO this morning at Dead Creek Goose Viewing Area,
> not
> > >>> sure
> > >>>> if it was the same on previously reported at the Goose Viewing
> Area. I
> > >>>> reported the band number, and I’ll send any info. Whoever reported
> the
> > >>>> first one, was the code XJ68?
> >
>