Hello all,
In Guadeloupe (F.W.I.) we got a banded Red Knot ( "CMY" on a light green
flag) beetween 25th August to 16th September 2005, it was banded 30th May
2004 on the Delaware Bay shore. Here the species is uncommon (less than 10
per fall).
Yesterday afternoon I found a Ruff in company of 9 American Golden-Plovers
near the runways at Pointe à Pitre Airport. Third European shorebird for the
year after a Curlew Sandpiper beetween February and May and an European
Whimbrel at the beginning of the month. The bird was still present this
morning, also 7 AMGP and 2 UPSA.
best,
Anthony Levesque
Guadeloupe (F.W.I.)
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Subject: [SHOREBIRDS] Fw: [BRDBRAIN] Banded Shorebirds and Red Knot requests
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Subject: [BRDBRAIN] Banded Shorebirds and Red Knot requests
All,
As you may or may not recall I had two digiscoped images of 2 color-banded
shorebirds taken on the 18th at my impromptu walk at Fort D. One was a
Piping Plover band with a silver USFWS band above the left tarsus and a
yellow band below and an orange flag over the right tarsus and an orange
over yellow bands below or as I now know would be X,Y:Of,OY (X represents
metal numerical band, a "," represents the leg (foot) joint, and the ":"
seperates legs (everything left of the colon is left leg, right of the colon
is right leg) .......... a little lesson for color marked shorthand for
y'all seeing and wanting to repor these birds. At any rate, the Piping
Plover in question was banded in Ludington, Michigan on the shore of the
Great Lake. It is a fan of Fort D and was seen here last year.
The Marbled Godwit (which I would guess would be X,:Gf,) had a metal band
above the tarsus on the left leg and a green flag on the right above the
tarsus. As I had mentioned this was the first I'd personally seen a
color-banded Marbled Godwit, and it was welcome news for the researchers who
banded it. This bird is one of a handful of Marbled Godwits banded in
Coastal Georgia not far from Brunswick (north of Jekyll Island). This is the
first one of these Godwits reported away from the banding area, so it was
significant!
Thank you to Reed Bowman who quickly hooked me up with the researchers doing
the Plover research and I'm indebted to Brian Harrington for the link to the
Godwit. This is a fun activity and all of us can learn much from these extra
colorful visitors. As such Brian Harrington with the Manomet Bird
Observatory is always happy to receive reports of color banded shorebirds
and is a great source to start with on info like this. He asked that I share
his contact info with all, and had another request he was hoping we all
could help with.
In the same area where the Godwit was banded, wintering Red Knots
inexplicitly disappeared last year. Sampling the local food source showed
that the bivalve populations had crashed. Brian and co. are hoping that
these birds that have wintered in the area have found new wintering grounds
and would be interested in hearing not only about color-banded shorebirds
but ANY sightings of large groups of Red Knots (100 plus). This is an
awesome opportunity to help researchers relocate the missing birds. So
please share sightings of any large Knot flocks with Brian at the contacts
below. He would love you all the more for any color-banded knots! ;)
Brian Harrington
Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences
PO Box 1770, 81 Stage Pt Rd
Manomet, MA 02345
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tel 508/224-6521, fax 224-9220
web site www.manomet.org
research updates www.shorebirdworld.org
Anyone interested in learning more about Brian's many adventures and studies
on shorebirds can see him this November at the Spacecoast Bird and Wildlife
Festival in Titusville. He's a cool guy to talk to and when not at the
festival can typically be found consuming Rock Shrimp and nearby eateries
(like the rest of us!)
Thank you,
Jeff Bouton
Leica Sport Optics
Port Charlotte, FL
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