[mou] Color Marked Scaup

[Jeff Lawrence]

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