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This is not a project of NYSOA. This information is
provided for New York birders who may encounter marked hawks. It was posted
to the NYSBIRDS-L mailing
list on September 9, 2005.
The following is a request from some researchers in Newfoundland
who would like birders to get their eyes out for color banded passerines.
If you make a sighting, please report it directly to
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Request for information on sightings of color banded birds in eastern
North America: Researchers from Acadia University have color banded >3,000
songbirds of 6 species in western Newfoundland, and are asking birders
to be on the lookout for them during migration. Species we have color
banded are Northern Waterthrush, Blackpoll Warbler, Yellow-rumped warbler,
White-throated Sparrow, Fox Sparrow, and Hermit Thrush. Each bird has
been fitted with a unique combination of 4 bands (2 on each leg). Three
are colored plastic bands and one is a typical USFWS aluminum band, with
the aluminum band always being placed below the color band. Band combinations
can be reported as:
Left leg: upper/lower
Right leg: upper/lower
(e.g., L = White/Red R = Yellow/Aluminum)
However note that we are interested in sightings even if the complete
band combination was not seen. Note that white bands are easily confused
with aluminum bands, and that there are two colors of blue bands (light
powder blue and dark blue).
Many thanks
Darroch Whitaker
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Biology Department
Acadia University
Wolfville, Nova Scotia
Ph: 902-680-2221
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