Good Morning! I received a reply back from Steve Percival with info about the banded Goose. I have also forwarded to him Jack's picture with the bird's ID number. I am really looking forward to his reply. Will keep the community posted.
shari Many thanks indeed for this excellent record. It is indeed one of our birds, ringed on the island of Islay off the west coast of Scotland on 13 November 2002 as a juvenile (so it is now eight years old). It is only the second record that we have of one of our birds on your side of the Atlantic – the other one was shot in Canada a couple of years back. The bird that you have seen is part of a long-term monitoring programme that we have ringing the birds on their wintering grounds on Islay and following up their sightings histories over the last 25 years. We had regular sightings of this bird on Islay up to March 2005 (all within about 10 miles of its original ringing site) after which it disappeared. One of its parents and a sibling that we caught and ringed at the same time are still regularly seen on Islay. It’s a real shame about the bird limping so badly. We have a had a very small number of birds to which this has happened - it may be associated with a leg injury/ring damage caused perhaps through shooting (many of the geese are shot in Iceland on their migration and some also in Scotland in winter). So thanks again very much for your great sighting. Best regards Steve ================================= Dr Steve Percival Ecology Consulting Swallow Ridge Barn Old Cassop Durham DH6 4QB UK Check out Drilbu Designs fashion jewelry www.etsy.com/shop/drilbudesigns http://drilbudesigns.blogspot.com/ check out my blog, cause you know, it's all about me! ________________________________ From: drilbu <[email protected]> To: NYSBirds <[email protected]> Sent: Sun, November 28, 2010 8:40:10 AM Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Barnacle Goose, picture of metal band great photos Jack... Check out Drilbu Designs fashion jewelry www.etsy.com/shop/drilbudesigns http://drilbudesigns.blogspot.com/ check out my blog, cause you know, it's all about me! ________________________________ From: Jack Rothman <[email protected]> To: drilbu <[email protected]> Sent: Sun, November 28, 2010 12:18:42 AM Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Barnacle Goose, picture of metal band The band reads, "British Museum Londan SW 17" #1291347 Jack Rothman see photo of the band at www.cityislandbirds.com On Nov 27, 2010, at 9:52 PM, drilbu wrote: Larry remembered that I tried to digiscope the goose in my other camera. > > >Posted the pictures of the other metal band on my blog. I think it says >"BTO MAY" > > >http://drilbudesigns.blogspot.com/ > > > > > > -- 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/ --
