RE: jack miner bands
If you enjoy reading go to his webpage and purchase "Wild Goose Jack". One of the most touching books I've read! If your not a donor to the foundation everyone should check into it! My Dad & myself stay in contact with Kirk tryingto make something work to come up by his place to band birds. Being the fact my Dad & I maintain 160 wood duck boxes in west MI and band them it would be nice to try our hand at a different type of banding.
Another thing that happened last yearthat was interesting. A local shot a banded greenhead and received the same certificate that you did. Except at the lowere left corner Kirk wrote "If you know a man in your town by the name of Dave Brower(my Dad) please tell him I said hi, and God Bless." So the local contacted us and came to our house to show us this...That was pretty sweet I thought!