CWS and OMNR have been cooperating with various researchers in the Great Lakes Basin and adjacent waters to colour-band as many Double-crested Cormorants as possible. At present more than 18,000 cormorants have been colour-banded in Lakes Ontario, Huron, Superior, various Great Lakes rivers and adjacent waters from Lake of the Woods to James Bay to Lake Champlain and New York harbour. We are asking Ontario birders to keep watch for cormorants with plastic coloured leg-bands. All plastic bands also carry a combination of numbers and/or letters. If you see a colour-banded cormorant, please make every effort to record the colour of the plastic band and the characters on it. Sightings are of particular interest during this, the autumn migration period, because of the wide range over which cormorants have been banded and because we are particularly interested in movements of birds.
Please send all observations to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Whenever possible we will reply with banding details of your observation. Thanks, Chip Weseloh, CWS Ken Abraham, OMNR D.V. Chip Weseloh, Ph.D. Advisor, Wildlife Toxicology Canadian Wildlife Service - Ontario Environment Canada 4905 Dufferin St. Toronto, Ontario M3H 5T4 Phone-416-739-5846 Fax-416-739-5845 Cell-416-518-4329 _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdshow.htm ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm
