This prompted me to report a couple of band sightings that I was tardy with. Since there seems to be some interest in this, here is the info.
One bird, photographed by me at Bay Park (Nassau co.) Feb. 12, is part of the same study and banded at the Quebec site given below, an adult female banded 6/9/2010 (Blue leg band LMA; Fed band number: 0954-17314). A second bird (second winter) was photographed by me at Mill River Park (along the same river that runs past Bay Park), also Feb. 12. This one is part of a Massachusetts study (http://www.mass.gov/dcr/watersupply/watershed/study/index.htm ). It was banded 10/29/2010 at Walmart, Northborough, MA as a juvenile (Orange wing-tags: A497; Red leg band: 067; Federal band: 0994-04260). If anyone cares, pictures of the bands can be seen at http://www.stevewalternature.com/downloads/ So I'm just dying to say that birds were disturbed in order to get pictures. Yea, when I stopped my car and rolled down the window, the gulls left the spots they were comfortable in and flew toward me and surrounded the car. Steve Walter From: bounce-41222856-8873...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-41222856-8873...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of priolope...@hotmail.com Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 4:54 PM To: NYSbirds-L@cornell.edu Subject: [nysbirds-l] Ring-billed Gull band report Re: Carmans River observation Thank you all who replied. I am sharing the information for those interested: Bird band report info from USGS Patuxent Lab: Banding location: Ile Des Laurier, NR Varennes, Quebec, CA Fed band number: 0954-15426 Date banded: 6/22/2010 Age: Hatched in 2007 or earlier Sex: Unknown Report from UQAM, CA: Research: foraging behavior and population dynamics of Ring-billed gulls in urban and suburban landscapes. http://gull.uqam.ca/ Blue band/white letters: A1L Other info same as above USGS report. Birder who observed gull and read band: Nick Zanussi Peter Priolo Center Moriches -- NYSbirds-L List Info: <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME> Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES> Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive <http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html> Please submit your observations to <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/> eBird! -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
