Three of the aforementioned Ring billed gulls on Prospect Lake-- all with reddish pink round wing tags-- was reported to Patuxent Bird lab.I only received a reply on two of the three birds. It appears that perhaps all were from the region west of Boston. Here's what I had Two of the birds tag #343 and #318 are from Worcester County,Massachusetts. The third I have not received any info but likely the same region as the other two.
here are the full details for both RB Gulls: Band # 0994-06449 2 343 banded 11/18/2009 hatched in 2008 or earlier sex unknown Location banded : Upper Blackstone waste treatment plant,Worcester, Worcester County, Mass (47 miles west from Fenway Park, Boston ) coordinates lat 42.21556 long -71.78806 ^^^^^^ band # 0994-03425 318 banded 11/04/2009 hatched in 2008 or earlier sex unknown location banded: Northborough, Worcester County, Mass -coordinates 42.28444; long -71.65556(39 miles west of Boston) Both birds Banded by :Dr Tom French ,State of Masachusetts-Nongame Division of Fisheries and Wildlife Route 135 Westborough, MA 01581 3337 Good birding, Peter Brooklyn Bird Club _http://peters-prospect-bird-sightings.blogspot.com/_ (http://peters-prospect-bird-sightings.blogspot.com/) -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --