Dear NY birders, I am writing to you in regards to an American Oystercatcher study that extends along the Atlantic Coast. The American Oystercatcher Working Group (link found below) is a collaborative group to understand the biology and conservation of oystercatchers. The group has standardized a color banding project in a number of states. These bands include a designated color (for example NNJ=orange) and a 2-digit code that is field readable.
In order to better understand the movements of these banded birds, resighting of marked birds is vital. Therefore, I would like to take this opportunity to inform fellow birders of how to report a color banded oystercatcher. All resight information can be submitted on the group website (or email me). As an observer of the large fall flock of oystercatchers that occur throughout Long Island (especially, the Coast Guard flock at Jones Beach), I commonly find and identify color banded oystercatchers in the flocks. If you are scanning through some of these large flocks this fall and notice some unusually decorated legs, take note, and contact me or our website (listed below). If you would like to find more information about the various projects, parties involved, pics of banded birds, etc., I encourage you to take a look at the Working Group website: http://www4.ncsu.edu/~simons/AMOY%20Research.htm#NCmap. Also, feel free to contact me with any questions or comments. Thank you for your time and enjoy fall migration. Sincerely, Sean Murphy _______________________ Sean Murphy, PhD US Geological Survey Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center 3200 SW Jefferson Way Corvallis, OR 97331 Em: [email protected] _______________________ -- 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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
