Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 15:03:36 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Robert Woods Subject: Re: RFI Color Bands on Shorebirds In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed >My daughter is part of the Delaware Bay Shorebird Monitoring Team and has >supplied the following information about the color banded shorebirds on >Delaware Bay. > >Red Knot, Ruddy Turnstone and a few Sanderling in Delaware Bay have been >color-marked. If you see a color-marked bird, the Delaware Bay Shorebird >Monitoring Team would appreciate receiving information about the >bird. Please send it to Kim Cole (Delaware Coastal Programs) at >Kimberly.Cole@state.de.us. > >Please try to record species, location of bird, activity (feeding or >loafing), how many other birds it was with (and what species), date and >time, and colors of bands. Birds may have color bands with flags or bands >without flags. Each bird will also have a USFWS aluminum band. When >reporting the colors, please note whether the band/flag was above the knee >or below, and whether it was on the bird's left or right leg. An example >would be: Green flag upper leg, orange band lower leg on left leg, metal >band lower leg, white band lower leg on right leg. Some birds will have 2 >colors below the knee. Sometimes the color bands will be missing (please >note that). The colors used are: grass green, lime green (flags only), >blue, white, yellow, orange, red (and possibly a color or 2 I have >forgotten). Lime flags and some orange flags have a series of 2-3 numbers >or letters stamped on them. These are difficult to see except at very >close range. The orange flag knots were banded in Argentina! > >Anyone wishing to find out more about the activities of the Shorebird >Monitoring Team can view last year's report at >http://www.delawareaudubon.org/birding/shorebirdrpt.html. The team is >always looking for volunteers to help with their work, mainly during the >month of May. If you would like to find out about volunteering next year, >please contact Kim Cole (Kimberly.Cole@state.de.us). No experience is >necessary. > >I hope this information is helpful. If you have any further questions, >please don't hesitate to contact me or Kim. Thanks! > >Jean L. Woods, Ph.D. Phone: 302-658-9111 x314 >Curator of Birds FAX: 302-658-2610 >Delaware Museum of Natural History jwoods@delmnh.org >4840 Kennett Pike, Box 3937 www.delmnh.org >Wilmington, DE 19807-0937 USA > > >Helen Woods >> > >>======================================================================= > >>To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > >>with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey > >>======================================================================= ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================