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Re: tagged Ring-billed Gull

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Alexander Baish

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Alexander Baish

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Sat, 2 Jan 2010 14:59:20 -0500

This bird was seen during the OC CBC on West Ocean City Pond and at the
Inlet as well.

A quick online search reveals this study (
http://www.mass.gov/dcr/waterSupply/watershed/study/index.htm) of bird usage
of reservoirs in Massachusetts. Ring-billed gulls in this study are tagged
with pinkish-orange fluorescent tags emblazoned with alpha-numeric codes,
beginning with the letter "A." Also, birds have been reported widely ranging
up into Canada that were tagged in this study.

I've left a message with the study contact reporting this gull and asking if
it is one of his birds, as the wing tags pictured only have two digit
numerical portions of the code and are circular rather than the rectangular
tags on gull A377.

On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 2:43 PM, The Brodericks <> wrote:

> This morning at the Ocean City Inlet there was a Ring-billed Gull with pink
> tags under both wings with the code A377. The tags were approx. 2" squares;
> no missing them! Anyone  have any clues?
> Carol Broderick
> 
>



-- 
Alex Baish
Ocean City, MD (home)
Baltimore, MD (work/school)