Charles H. Feltes (1894 - 1985)
Bird Bander

Charles H. Feltes was a prolific bird bander for over 50 years in the Modesto area. He has the only record for Bohemian Waxwings ever found in Stanislaus County. He caught and banded 6 of them in his yard in 1932 that were mixed in with a huge flock of over a thousand Cedar Waxwings. He was featured in the April 1964 in Western Bird Bander. Over his 50 years as a bander, he tallied more than 50,000 banded birds from 126 different species. From the North American Bird Bander "In 1965 when he learned of the newly established Point Reyes Bird Observatory, he shipped to PRBO nearly a ton of much appreciated kitchen utensils, equipment and dishes from his store in Modesto."

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