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Gosh Mara,
It depended on what we banded them for. Some birds we weren't worried about seeing again this year so we didn't look very hard for them. Others we watched very carefully, and probably saw 80-90% of them again. We couldn't catch that many again, but we did see them. They go back to their nesting sites and most often, that is where we caught them. Just like your parents, they wanted to take care of their children!
Mrs. P-D