While Rob Jett and I were looking for the Common Gull on the 27th, we spotted a young Ring-billed Gull and an adult Herring Gull sporting USFW bands and well as field readable colored leg bands. Even though we were only able to read the field readables, I submitted the band numbers to the banding lab and have already heard back regarding both birds. The Ring-billed Gull was banded near Tewksbury, MA in October of 2013 and the Herring Gull was banded as a chick in 2005 on Appledore Island in Maine.
For those who have not attempted to enter banding data, the USGS has made the process quite simple and if your data can be matched they email you a nifty E-Certificate of Appreciation with the data on the banded bird. The website is a good one to bookmark. https://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/BBL/bblretrv/ Cheers, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
