[mou] Re: Color Marked Scaup

[Terence Brashear]

Jeff

If you could post a link to the scaup image that would
be helpful.  As a rule we do not send out attachments
to the list.

Regards,

Terry Brashear
Co-Moderator MOU-NET
--- Jeff Lawrence <jeff.lawrence@dnr.state.mn.us>
wrote:

> Please look for lesser scaup with colored nasal
> saddles!
> 
> Researchers from Louisiana State University, the
> Minnesota Department
> of Natural Resources and other cooperating agencies
> are once again
> asking for help in tracking color-coded ducks as
> they migrate through
> the Upper Midwest. 
> The scaup were captured and marked in Pool 19 of the
> Mississippi River
> near Hamilton, Illinois. Colored plastic tags, or
> nasal saddles, have
> been attached to the bills of each scaup. 
> Observations of these marked
> birds will help researchers learn more about
> migratory corridors and the
> birds' movement across the Upper Midwest.  
> 
> The researchers are soliciting help from the public
> to help look for
> color-marked scaup; they will be mailing out an
> original scaup art print
> as a reward to participants with confirmed
> sightings.
> If you see a color-marked scaup please call
> 1-888-MINNDNR
> (1-888-646-6367), and have the following
> information: (1) your name,
> address, and phone number, (2) date of sighting, (3)
> color of
> bill-marker, (4) letter written on bill-marker (if
> readable), (5) male
> or female (if identifiable), and (5) location of
> sighting (i.e.,
> distance and direction from nearest town or name of
> lake, county, and
> State or Province).  More information is available
> online at
> www.dnr.state.mn.us.
> 
> Thank you!  Jeff
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Jeff Lawrence
> Group Leader
> Wetland Wildlife Populations and Research Group
> 102 23rd St. NE
> Bemidji, MN  56601
> 218-755-3905
> jeff.lawrence@dnr.state.mn.us
> 
> 


Terry Brashear
Hennepin County, MN
http://www.naturepixels.com
birdnird AT yahoo.com


		
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