Jeff If you could post a link to the scaup image that would be helpful. As a rule we do not send out attachments to the list.
Regards, Terry Brashear Co-Moderator MOU-NET --- Jeff Lawrence <[email protected]> wrote: > Please look for lesser scaup with colored nasal > saddles! > > Researchers from Louisiana State University, the > Minnesota Department > of Natural Resources and other cooperating agencies > are once again > asking for help in tracking color-coded ducks as > they migrate through > the Upper Midwest. > The scaup were captured and marked in Pool 19 of the > Mississippi River > near Hamilton, Illinois. Colored plastic tags, or > nasal saddles, have > been attached to the bills of each scaup. > Observations of these marked > birds will help researchers learn more about > migratory corridors and the > birds' movement across the Upper Midwest. > > The researchers are soliciting help from the public > to help look for > color-marked scaup; they will be mailing out an > original scaup art print > as a reward to participants with confirmed > sightings. > If you see a color-marked scaup please call > 1-888-MINNDNR > (1-888-646-6367), and have the following > information: (1) your name, > address, and phone number, (2) date of sighting, (3) > color of > bill-marker, (4) letter written on bill-marker (if > readable), (5) male > or female (if identifiable), and (5) location of > sighting (i.e., > distance and direction from nearest town or name of > lake, county, and > State or Province). More information is available > online at > www.dnr.state.mn.us. > > Thank you! Jeff > > > > > Jeff Lawrence > Group Leader > Wetland Wildlife Populations and Research Group > 102 23rd St. NE > Bemidji, MN 56601 > 218-755-3905 > [email protected] > > Terry Brashear Hennepin County, MN http://www.naturepixels.com birdnird AT yahoo.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Personals - Better first dates. More second dates. http://personals.yahoo.com
