I have an update to the banded Glaucous Gull seen on Saturday near Shinnecock Inlet, Suffolk County. Vernon Buckle put me in touch with some of the Canadian researchers doing work in Nunavut in the Canadian Arctic, and today I received this reply
“That is one of the glaucous gull chicks we banded this summer at Coats Island (82.01 W, 62.95 N). We banded it on 1 Aug 2019, when it was 15 days old. Nice to learn that it has survived, especially since it was one of the later nests in the colony this year.” Thanks to all involved, especially Lisa Nasta, who noticed the band, and John Gluth, Ken Thompson and Pat and Shai for also photographing and keeping track of the bird. Also Rich Guthrie, Angus Wilson and Doug Gochfeld for background info they provided. Angus nailed the location- Nunavut Mike Cooper Ridge, NY . Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 4, 2020, at 11:45 PM, Michael Cooper <mike5...@icloud.com> wrote: > > We have photos of the band and we think we have all the numbers. One observer > entered the numbers and received this response > “ the bander has not submitted data for the band yet” and she was asked to > submit photos. > > Basically, we found the bird and Lisa Nasta noticed the band. I tossed > oyster crackers to it while she and John Gluth concentrated on photographing > the band. > > Oyster crackers were courtesy of Pat Lindsay and Shai Mitra after a nice > lunch at Sunday’s a few weeks ago. Fortunately, Sunday’s was not handing out > chocolate chips or I would have eaten them by now and the bird would have > flown off. > > Mike Cooper > Ridge, LI, NY > > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jan 4, 2020, at 10:40 PM, Richard Guthrie <richardpguth...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> Great idea, Angus. >> >> Just an additional note: in order for the BBL to provide a complete report, >> the entire band number must be submitted. A Canadian or American band will >> have a numeric pattern such as: xxx-xxxxx (three numbers, a dash, then five >> numbers. There should also be an abbreviated plain language instruction >> embossed on the band. For reporting purposes, only the band numbers need be >> submitted (but - again, ALL the numbers). If the band is from a system other >> than Canada/USA, then there could be a wide variety of protocols involved. >> >> Rich Guthrie >> New Baltimore, NY >> >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Jan 4, 2020, at 9:54 PM, Angus Wilson <oceanwander...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Today a couple of observers reported a 1 CY GLAUCOUS GULL from the parking >>> lot at ocean-end of the Ponquogue Bridge in Hampton Bays (Suffolk Co.). A >>> handsome bird for sure but what's really fascinating is that it carries a >>> metal band on the right leg. With luck, someone will be able to read the >>> band in the field or from photos so we can find out the history of the >>> bird. >>> >>> I'm not aware of any other band recoveries for this species in New York >>> State. My assumption would be that it was banded as a chick in Nunavut >>> (Canadian High Arctic) but for once we have a chance to know for sure. >>> Maybe we will be surprised. Readers may remember a Harlequin Duck >>> photographed by Derek Rogers in early January 2018 at the inlet itself, >>> which most unexpectedly turned out to be from Montana and thus from the >>> separate western population. >>> >>> https://blog.nature.org/science/2018/03/26/a-harlequin-ducks-long-cross-country-migration/ >>> >>> If anyone is successful in reading part or all of the band numbers for the >>> Glaucous Gull please submit the info to the Bird Banding Lab and share >>> their response with the list. It's possible that input from multiple >>> observers will be required to get a complete number. >>> >>> -- >>> Angus Wilson, New York City >>> -- >>> NYSbirds-L List Info: >>> Welcome and Basics >>> Rules and Information >>> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave >>> Archives: >>> The Mail Archive >>> Surfbirds >>> ABA >>> Please submit your observations to eBird! >>> -- >> >> -- >> NYSbirds-L List Info: >> Welcome and Basics >> Rules and Information >> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave >> Archives: >> The Mail Archive >> Surfbirds >> ABA >> Please submit your observations to eBird! >> -- > > -- > NYSbirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > ABA > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
