Just under a month ago, I saw several Canada Geese with neck bands and reported them both to this list as well as to the Bird Banding Lab. I subsequently found more banded CAGO, as well as a lone Ring-billed Gull with a wing band, all of which I reported.
Well, earlier today I opened my mailbox and found a letter from the USGS and in it a certificate of appreciation for the RBGU report. Following is what I learned: Ring-billed Gull, wing band number 308, hatched in 2006 or earlier and banded on 10/29/2009 in Leominster, Massachusetts at these coordinates: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=42.53111,+-71.74167&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=%2B42%C2%B0+31%27+52.00%22,+-71%C2%B0+44%27+30.01%22&gl=us&ei=hvxIS6aRC4uXlAfThaUJ&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CAkQ8gEwAA I resighted the bird at Stehli Beach in Bayville on 12/18/2009 So the RBGU was banded between a shopping mall and the Nashua River, about 170 miles away 2 months ago. It would be pretty neat to get future reports about the bird, but USGS doesn't do that (maybe a good place for eBird to build a future partnership). Good birding and report those bands! Jason Pietrzak Bayville, NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
