Thanks to those who generously assisted our efforts to ID a source for the banded DUNL we recently sighted. Ultimately, a series of contacts from Alaska to the east coast narrowed the search to the proper source below. Note the bird's age. What cannot be shared is the remarkable, pristine, condition of the bird's full complement of bands despite their long exposure. Via this search, we learned that Alaskan north slope DUNL receive a Y above FG on the tibia but with no add color bands below. Conversely, the DelBay DUNL receive Y above FG WITH add color bands on the tarsus. Although we have sighted marked: SAND, RUTU and REKN banded in DelRay, this was our first banded DUNL from any location. A flagged REKN sighted on the same series of AMOY surveys as the DUNL was banded the previous year in SW Florida. Patrick and Doris Leary Hi Pat, Thanks so much for reporting your resighting. That dunlin was banded 9 May 2000 at Thompsons Beach, Delaware Bay, NJ. We've been monitoring weight gain of shorebirds during spring stopover on the Delaware Bay since 1997. The color bands individualize each bird which allows us to track their movement around the bayshore during their stay. Thanks again, Patti Patti Hodgetts Research Associate New Jersey Audubon Society 600 Route 47 North Cape May Court House, NJ 08210 Phone: 609 861-0700 Fax: 609 861-1651