I can see why often times duck bands aren’t called in; I’d meant to do so but have been busy pulling the trigger. Anyway I emailed the bands in this morning to Dave Klee and got the following info back.
SPECIFIC BAND SEARCH ALL BANDS
Band Number Species Age Sex Date Banded Banding Site
27-124026 Mallard Juvenile Male 8/01/2013 Pipiroa, Hauraki
27-123920 Mallard Juvenile Female 8/01/2013 Pipiroa, Hauraki
So these ducks were shot within 25km of the banding site. Dave mentioned that they were most likely late-hatching juveniles in a family group; that they were taken with consecutive shots perhaps backs the group theory.
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