Ha! Well you had to wait a long time to use that one! Lol Sent from my iPhone
> On Jan 7, 2020, at 6:34 PM, rcech <rc...@nyc.rr.com> wrote: > > You say it's from the Canadian arctic, but I'm having Nunavut. > > R > > Seriously, fine detective work. What a wanderer! > > > > Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Mike <mike...@optonline.net> > Date: 1/7/20 6:22 PM (GMT-05:00) > To: Michael Cooper <mike5...@icloud.com> > Cc: Richard Guthrie <richardpguth...@gmail.com>, Angus Wilson > <oceanwander...@gmail.com>, NYSBIRDS-L <NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu> > Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Long Island: Origins of banded Glaucous Gull at > Shinnecock Inlet? > > I have an update to the banded Glaucous Gull seen on Saturday near Shinnecock > Inlet, Suffolk County. Vernon Buckle put me in touch with some of the > Canadian researchers doing work in Nunavut in the Canadian Arctic, and today > I received this reply > > “That is one of the glaucous gull chicks we banded this summer at Coats > Island (82.01 W, 62.95 N). We banded it on 1 Aug 2019, when it was 15 days > old. Nice to learn that it has survived, especially since it was one of the > later nests in the colony this year.” > > Thanks to all involved, especially Lisa Nasta, who noticed the band, and John > Gluth, Ken Thompson and Pat and Shai for also photographing and keeping track > of the bird. Also Rich Guthrie, Angus Wilson and Doug Gochfeld for background > info they provided. Angus nailed the location- Nunavut > > > Mike Cooper > Ridge, NY > . > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jan 4, 2020, at 11:45 PM, Michael Cooper <mike5...@icloud.com> wrote: >> >> We have photos of the band and we think we have all the numbers. One >> observer entered the numbers and received this response >> “ the bander has not submitted data for the band yet” and she was asked to >> submit photos. >> >> Basically, we found the bird and Lisa Nasta noticed the band. I tossed >> oyster crackers to it while she and John Gluth concentrated on photographing >> the band. >> >> Oyster crackers were courtesy of Pat Lindsay and Shai Mitra after a nice >> lunch at Sunday’s a few weeks ago. Fortunately, Sunday’s was not handing >> out chocolate chips or I would have eaten them by now and the bird would >> have flown off. >> >> Mike Cooper >> Ridge, LI, NY >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Jan 4, 2020, at 10:40 PM, Richard Guthrie <richardpguth...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Great idea, Angus. >>> >>> Just an additional note: in order for the BBL to provide a complete report, >>> the entire band number must be submitted. A Canadian or American band will >>> have a numeric pattern such as: xxx-xxxxx (three numbers, a dash, then five >>> numbers. There should also be an abbreviated plain language instruction >>> embossed on the band. For reporting purposes, only the band numbers need be >>> submitted (but - again, ALL the numbers). If the band is from a system >>> other than Canada/USA, then there could be a wide variety of protocols >>> involved. >>> >>> Rich Guthrie >>> New Baltimore, NY >>> >>> >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Jan 4, 2020, at 9:54 PM, Angus Wilson <oceanwander...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Today a couple of observers reported a 1 CY GLAUCOUS GULL from the parking >>>> lot at ocean-end of the Ponquogue Bridge in Hampton Bays (Suffolk Co.). A >>>> handsome bird for sure but what's really fascinating is that it carries a >>>> metal band on the right leg. With luck, someone will be able to read the >>>> band in the field or from photos so we can find out the history of the >>>> bird. >>>> >>>> I'm not aware of any other band recoveries for this species in New York >>>> State. My assumption would be that it was banded as a chick in Nunavut >>>> (Canadian High Arctic) but for once we have a chance to know for sure. >>>> Maybe we will be surprised. Readers may remember a Harlequin Duck >>>> photographed by Derek Rogers in early January 2018 at the inlet itself, >>>> which most unexpectedly turned out to be from Montana and thus from the >>>> separate western population. >>>> >>>> https://blog.nature.org/science/2018/03/26/a-harlequin-ducks-long-cross-country-migration/ >>>> >>>> If anyone is successful in reading part or all of the band numbers for the >>>> Glaucous Gull please submit the info to the Bird Banding Lab and share >>>> their response with the list. 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