Bob et all,

You don't think this term feels obligated to stop off in Annapolis,
since he (or she) wears ANN on their leg?

Dan

On Friday, September 3, 2010, Bob Ringler <> wrote:
> Dan,
>    Last year, July 28, 2009, I had the pleasure of visiting Presqu'ile
> Provincial Park which overlooks Gull Island in Lake Ontario. Many of the
> Caspian Terns, Ring-billed Gulls, Herring Gulls, and Double-crested
> Cormorants that we see here probably come from there. I estimated about
> 10,000 cormorants in sight there and the Ring-billed Gull colony is reputed
> to be 40,000 pairs. Perhaps I saw your tern there last summer.
>
> On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 9:24 PM, Dan Haas <> wrote:
>
>> I found and photographed a banded Caspian Tern a few weeks ago at
>> Sandy Point State Park (8/18/2010). LINK TO THE PHOTO:
>> http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=5025428&id=518902595&ref=fbx_album
>>
>> I zoomed in on one of the flight photos and submitted this bird's band
>> information online.  When I got home this evening, I got a bit of this
>> bird's history back today from USGS in the mail.
>>
>> Band Number 1045-35772 ANN
>> Banding date: 07/02/2008
>> Banded on: Gull Island (Lake Ontario) - 4 MI South of Brighton, Ontario,
>> Canada
>> LINK to Gull Island:
>>
>> 43.983515,-77.739374 (Brighton, ON, Canada) <http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&q=43.983515,-77.739374%20%28Brighton,%20ON,%20Canada%29>
>>
>> The bird was too young to fly when banded.
>>
>> Some thoughts:  iPhone directions inform that it's 563.9 miles away,
>> and only 9 hours and 54 minutes (with traffic) to get there.
>> Although, it looks like a great place to go birding:
>> http://friendsofpresquile.on.ca/birdsbirdingp28.php
>>
>> That was nice to learn about that tern, but not nearly as much fun as
>> that GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER at Governor Bridge Park this AM.
>>
>> Good Birding,
>>
>> Dan Haas
>> West Annapolis, MD
>> 
>>
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