Color-"banded" birds can be reported to the BBL like normally banded
birds.

 

http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbl/

 

Mark Hoffman

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Maryland Birds & Birding [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Paul Bystrak
Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 7:58 PM
To: 
Subject: [MDOSPREY] Color Banded Sanderling

 

I took advantage of the summer weather and drove the ORV zone on
Saturday, 

as did hundreds of surf fishermen.  On the way down, there were no 

sanderlings at all, which caused a bit of concern, but on the way back
up, 

with most of the fishermen gone, there were 220 sanderlings present, in 

groups of 4 - 60 birds.  One bird had a green flag on its upper left leg


and a red band on its upper right leg. It appeared to have an aluminum
band 

of its lower right leg, but they run so darn fast that it was hard to 

verify this.  Does anyone know to whom this sighting should be reported?
I 

knew once before, but have lost the contact information.

 

Also present were 5 brown pelicans, lots of gulls (nothing unusual
amongst 

them, however), black and surf scoters, and gannets.

 

Paul Bystrak

 

3709 Devonshire Drive

Salisbury, MD 21804

410-572-9950

443-783-1268 (cell)

 

 

 

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