Forgot to sign off... Nick Komar Fort Collins CO
Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: Nick Komar <[email protected]> > Date: July 1, 2016 at 6:27:32 PM MST > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [cobirds] Re: Booby thoughts > > Greg makes a good point. A wing-tagged immature condor should be as valid as > an immature Western Gull with a leg band, like the one at Prewitt Res. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jul 1, 2016, at 11:04 AM, George Miller <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> Peter Gent wrote: >> ... >> >>> Finally, someone asked about California Condors. All the birds that have >>> been seen in Colorado have had big wing tags with numbers on them, which >>> means they are released birds. Thus the Records Committee decided not to >>> include this species on the state list. I believe the population is >>> reproducing naturally now, so when one of these birds is seen in Colorado, >>> then it will be added to the state list. >> >> >> Peter, >> The condors at Vermillion Cliffs are reproducing in the wild (as they are at >> other sites), but the wild-born are trapped, examined, and then tagged just >> like captive-born birds. Tag numbers and status can be found here - >> >> https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/nature/upload/CondorChart20150703.pdf >> >> It will be a while before we see condors without wing tags. >> >> Greg Mihalik >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Colorado Birds" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/49f63875-82ce-4a21-80cf-532fab0491ea%40googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/A914F981-70B8-4BFF-BD82-2B4147B65491%40comcast.net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
