Thanks for sharing, that is very interesting. I never thought of gulls living so long. Brian Johnson, Englewood Co
On Monday, September 16, 2019 at 9:47:17 AM UTC-6, Scott wrote: > > Hi Everyone.. > > As many of you know Dr. Ron Ryder passed away a number of years ago. > > Since his passing I have been receiving his band recoveries from the > banding laboratory. > > I just received a band recovery of one of his California Gulls that he > banded on 9/16/1984 in Colorado and it was just found dead on > > 3/5/2019 in Weld County making it a 35 year old bird. According to the > website Wildlife Expectancy, California Gulls are expected to live > for 20-24 years. > > Scott Rashid > > Estes Park > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/7490687a-86d2-43ca-be5e-ef4b57feec1c%40googlegroups.com.
