[nysbirds-l] NYC - Color Wing Tagged Gulls
A recent sighting of color wing tagged Ring-billed Gull (A99 - orange) prompted me to send a report of this bird and a group of wing tagged gulls seen by Angus Wilson at Gravesend Bay, Brooklyn on February 7th, 2010. Here's Angus' report < http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/msg01352.html >. Angus' A99 RBGU was seen again on a trip to Staten Island's Silver Lake Park on Feb. 28th, 2010. This gull is displaying an interesting pattern based on the limited sightings. In the month of November for both 2008 (the month it was tagged) and 2009 it was spotted in Massachsetts. The rest of the sightings are for the months of Dec. - Feb. and all of these sightings are from New York City. Angus' A375 sighting is a first report to the group that tracks these gulls. It was tagged less than 2 months before his sighting. Which happened in Massachusetts. Here's the email I received from Ken MacKenzie on the movement of these gulls and the email addresses to report sightings of any color wing tagged gulls you see: ken.macken...@state.ma.us dan.cl...@state.ma.us /- begin quote -\ Ben, Thanks for reporting the sightings to us. Here is some specific information on the gulls you saw: *A99:* · Captured 11/5/08 at Upper Blackstone Water Treatment Facility, Millbury, MA · Capture location (GPS): 42.21231, - 71.78614 · Captured using a rocket net baited with crackers · Adult ring-billed gull · Florescent orange wing-tags: A99 · Red leg band: SU · Federal leg band: 0974-05321 · Released on site Sightings: · 11/29/08: Wachusett Reservoir, West Boylston, MA · 01/09/09: Gravesend Bay, Brooklyn, NY · 02/13/09: Belt Parkway, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY · 11/16/09: South Plaza, Worcester, MA · 11/24/09: Wachusett Reservoir, West Boylston, MA · 12/05/09: Belt Parkway, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY · 01/05/10: Belt Parkway, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY · 01/10/10: Gravesend Bay, Brooklyn, NY Additional sightings to original message · 02/07/10: Gravesend Bay, Brooklyn, NY [A. Wilson] · 02/28/10: Silver Lake Park reservoir, Staten Island, NY [B. Cacace] *A366:* · Captured 12/15/08 at Worcester Hotel & Conference Center, MA · Capture location (GPS): 42.295643, - 71.774175 · Captured using a rocket net baited with crackers · Adult female ring-billed gull · Florescent orange wing-tags: A366 · Federal leg band: 0994-03497 · Released on site Sightings: · 12/27/09: Gravesend Bay, Belt Parkway, Brooklyn, NY · 12/28/09: Benshonhurst Park, Brooklyn, NY · 01/05/10: Belt Parkway, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY *A375:* · Captured 12/15/09 at Vinny T's Restaurant, Rt. 9, Shrewsbury, MA · Capture location (GPS): 42.27549, - 71.75374 · Captured using a rocket net baited with bread and crackers · Adult female ring-billed gull · Florescent orange wing-tags: A375 · Federal leg band: 0994-03507 · Released on site Sightings: · This is the first sighting of this gull. Thank you! Thanks again for the sighting, and please let me know if you see it (or others) again. Ken MacKenzie Senior Wildlife Biologist DCR- Division of Water Supply Protection 180 Beaman Street West Boylston, MA 01583 508-792-7423 x313 \- end -/ -- 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] NYC - Color Wing Tagged Gulls
A recent sighting of color wing tagged Ring-billed Gull (A99 - orange) prompted me to send a report of this bird and a group of wing tagged gulls seen by Angus Wilson at Gravesend Bay, Brooklyn on February 7th, 2010. Here's Angus' report http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/msg01352.html . Angus' A99 RBGU was seen again on a trip to Staten Island's Silver Lake Park on Feb. 28th, 2010. This gull is displaying an interesting pattern based on the limited sightings. In the month of November for both 2008 (the month it was tagged) and 2009 it was spotted in Massachsetts. The rest of the sightings are for the months of Dec. - Feb. and all of these sightings are from New York City. Angus' A375 sighting is a first report to the group that tracks these gulls. It was tagged less than 2 months before his sighting. Which happened in Massachusetts. Here's the email I received from Ken MacKenzie on the movement of these gulls and the email addresses to report sightings of any color wing tagged gulls you see: ken.macken...@state.ma.us dan.cl...@state.ma.us /- begin quote -\ Ben, Thanks for reporting the sightings to us. Here is some specific information on the gulls you saw: *A99:* · Captured 11/5/08 at Upper Blackstone Water Treatment Facility, Millbury, MA · Capture location (GPS): 42.21231, - 71.78614 · Captured using a rocket net baited with crackers · Adult ring-billed gull · Florescent orange wing-tags: A99 · Red leg band: SU · Federal leg band: 0974-05321 · Released on site Sightings: · 11/29/08: Wachusett Reservoir, West Boylston, MA · 01/09/09: Gravesend Bay, Brooklyn, NY · 02/13/09: Belt Parkway, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY · 11/16/09: South Plaza, Worcester, MA · 11/24/09: Wachusett Reservoir, West Boylston, MA · 12/05/09: Belt Parkway, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY · 01/05/10: Belt Parkway, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY · 01/10/10: Gravesend Bay, Brooklyn, NY Additional sightings to original message · 02/07/10: Gravesend Bay, Brooklyn, NY [A. Wilson] · 02/28/10: Silver Lake Park reservoir, Staten Island, NY [B. Cacace] *A366:* · Captured 12/15/08 at Worcester Hotel Conference Center, MA · Capture location (GPS): 42.295643, - 71.774175 · Captured using a rocket net baited with crackers · Adult female ring-billed gull · Florescent orange wing-tags: A366 · Federal leg band: 0994-03497 · Released on site Sightings: · 12/27/09: Gravesend Bay, Belt Parkway, Brooklyn, NY · 12/28/09: Benshonhurst Park, Brooklyn, NY · 01/05/10: Belt Parkway, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY *A375:* · Captured 12/15/09 at Vinny T's Restaurant, Rt. 9, Shrewsbury, MA · Capture location (GPS): 42.27549, - 71.75374 · Captured using a rocket net baited with bread and crackers · Adult female ring-billed gull · Florescent orange wing-tags: A375 · Federal leg band: 0994-03507 · Released on site Sightings: · This is the first sighting of this gull. Thank you! Thanks again for the sighting, and please let me know if you see it (or others) again. Ken MacKenzie Senior Wildlife Biologist DCR- Division of Water Supply Protection 180 Beaman Street West Boylston, MA 01583 508-792-7423 x313 \- end -/ -- 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/ --
