[mou] On Looking for Shorebird Bands

[Lisa Gelvin-Innvaer]

For more information on this and related info,  you also can check out
the website of the
 Western Atlantic Shorebird Association
http://www.vex.net/~hopscotc/shorebirds/ 

for band combinations in particular:
http://www.vex.net/~hopscotc/shorebirds/en/resources.html
 

I also encourage you to report sightings as this information definitely
gets used.
(I used to help band/flag shorebirds as part of this effort)


Lisa Gelvin-Innvaer
Nongame Wildlife Specialist
MN DNR  Southern Region
261 Hwy 15 South
New Ulm, MN 56073
 phone:  ( 507) 359-6033
      fax:   (507) 359-6018
 e-mail:  lisa.gelvin-innvaer@dnr.state.mn.us




>>> David Benson <drbenson@cpinternet.com> 5/29/2004 12:32:34 PM >>>
If you get a good look at a shorebird, always look for bands or flags 
(sometimes, if the bird is "crouching", they are barely visible up near

the body.). Note which leg the bands are on, whether they are above or

below the joint, the colors, and their position relative to each other.

Report any sightings to the Pan American Shorebird Program (PASP) 
(simplest to do a search for their web site, which also contains a key

to band patterns.)

Seeing shorebird bands can be quite gratifying, because you may be able

to figure out where they were banded. I saw two Sanderlings with bands

this morning; from the band patterns, it appears that one had been 
banded in French Guiana and the other in Nicaragua.

Dave Benson
Duluth

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