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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mark B Bartosik" data-source="post: 3390903" data-attributes="member: 18843">Not sure I agree with that - A year or so ago I posted a notion (did not get even one reply on couple forums) about benefit of reducing number of bands and instead of up to six just use only 1 alphanumeric band (not flag) that is already in use (on many birds); BTW ANF is often used on the top of other bands as in case of many PIPLs. <a href="http://www.pbase.com/mbb/image/159726483" target="_blank">http://www.pbase.com/mbb/image/159726483</a>They are much easier to read in the field and pinpoint individual without worries about lost bands and color fading over the time. See examples here:<a href="http://www.pbase.com/mbb/image/159726481" target="_blank">http://www.pbase.com/mbb/image/159726481</a><a href="http://www.pbase.com/mbb/image/159726251" target="_blank">http://www.pbase.com/mbb/image/159726251</a>Too often when bird loose just one color band it cannot be identify …Ovenbird, any chance you will find out more and provide links to published studies or perhaps pdf copies?Cheers,</blockquote>