ah, but if it was banded in July 2011, can it still be a first-cycle?? KEN
Ken Rosenberg Conservation Science Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 607-254-2412 607-342-4594 (cell) k...@cornell.edu<mailto:k...@cornell.edu> On Mar 4, 2013, at 2:20 PM, "Kevin J. McGowan" <k...@cornell.edu<mailto:k...@cornell.edu>> wrote: I took some photos of a banded first cycle Great Black-backed Gull at the Stevenson Road compost on Saturday, 2 March 2013. Turns out it was banded on Appledore Island, on the Isles of Shoals, Maine, where Cornell has a biological station, on 9 July 2011. This is the first banded Great Black-backed Gull I have seen in Ithaca. I have a photo athttps://picasaweb.google.com/KevinJ.McGowan/Winter20122013#5851565656137461138. Kevin -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --