Hi Foljks!

Take the extra time to check.....

Good Birding!

Jim

Jim Stasz
North Beach MD



-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Hilton Jr. (RESEARCH) <>
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Sent: Thu, Nov 12, 2009 11:16 am
Subject: RFI: Color Banded Great Egrets



This week we got a report of a color banded Great Egret in Fort Mill SC and 
earned it had been banded more than 500 miles due north on the Great Lakes. 
hip Weseloh of the Canadian Wildlife Service subsequently asked me to post the 
ollowing info. Please send questions or comments directly to Chip.
"The Canadian Wildlife Service has colour-banded more than 1,200 
oung-of-the-year Great Egrets on four colonies in the Great Lakes Basin since 
000. All birds have been fitted with at least one red leg band with white alpha 
umerics. Reports of these birds have come from the southeastern United States 
nd Cuba, with one report from the Azores Islands. PLEASE check all Great Egrets 
een during the winter; our winter reports have been very few for the number of 
irds banded. Sightings should be reported to the federal Bird Banding 
aboratory and to Chip Weseloh at <>"
More info about the Fort Mill sighting and a photo of what to look for in the 
ay of color banded Great Egrets is included at the end of my current "This Week 
t Hilton Pond" installment at http://www.hiltonpond.org/ThisWeek091101.html
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