Forwarding a message from Dr. Alex Bond in Canada along with a small image to aid identification. Sorry if the image is too large.
See below, thanks,
Paul Garrity
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----- MESSAGE FROM DR. ALEX BOND ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I'd appreciate it if you could help spread the word about some wing-tagged Herring Gulls by posting the following on the Maine Birding group.
As part of a larger study, we put wing tags on 37 adult Herring Gulls on Gull Island in the Witless Bay Seabird Ecological Reserve off Newfoundland's Avalon Peninsula. The tags are beige with black codes like
"X07" or "X29". The birds were also fitted with the black-on-orange colour bands that have been used in Newfoundland for many years. We know from other band returns that Newfoundland's breeding Herring Gulls range from southern Labrador to the Carolinas. Any resights can be reported to the Bird Banding Office/Bird Banding Lab (www.reportband.gov), or directly to me at alex.bond@usask.ca. Photos, anecdotes, and stories of the birds are most welcome!
"X07" or "X29". The birds were also fitted with the black-on-orange colour bands that have been used in Newfoundland for many years. We know from other band returns that Newfoundland's breeding Herring Gulls range from southern Labrador to the Carolinas. Any resights can be reported to the Bird Banding Office/Bird Banding Lab (www.reportband.gov), or directly to me at alex.bond@usask.ca. Photos, anecdotes, and stories of the birds are most welcome!
Alex Bond
University of Saskatchewan
Greg Robertson
Environment Canada
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