Now for the numbers. In six days of field operations 1,708 geese were captured at 25 different sites in 12 counties (totals listed below). Of those captured 81 were previously banded including one goose that was banded as a gosling 14 years prior.

Tom Birdkowski Led the Charge with the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries and Todd Cocker Led the Charge from the Virginia Area Waterfowler's Association alongside volunteers from Ducks Unlimited and Delta Waterfowl as well as many other stakeholders.

Great Job Virginia!!!!

Date                County                New Bands       Recaptures      Total  
6/22/2009       Gloucester                    67               3                     70    

6/22/2009       Middlesex                     46                0                     46     

6/22/2009       Lancaster                     40                0                      40   

6/22/2009       Richmond                     55                6                      61     

6/23/2009       Essex                          115               14                     129  

6/23/2009       King William                  44               0                     44     

6/29/2009       Chesterfield                  527             48                    575    

6/30/2009       Spotsylvania                 191              4                     195    

6/30/2009       Stafford                         41               4                     45     

7/6/2009         Amherst                       117               0                     117    

7/6/2009         Bedford                        263               1                     264  

7/7/2009        Pittsylvania                    121             1                     122           

Total                                                  1627                81                    1708