[mou] Fwd: Tundra Swans with blue neck bands from Alaska

[Jim Williams]

forward by Jim Williams, Wayzata

Begin forwarded message:

TUNDRA SWANS WERE MARKED IN WESTERN AND NORTHERN ALASKA IN THE SUMMER  
OF 2006 and 2007 WITH CODED NECK BANDS AS PART OF AN EFFORT TO LEARN  
MORE
ABOUT THE TIMING OF MIGRATION AND MOVEMENTS RELATIVE TO BREEDING AREA.
NECK BANDS HAVE A FOUR-DIGIT CODE THAT BEGINS WITH A LETTER AND ARE READ
FROM BOTTOM TO TOP.  BANDS ARE BLUE WITH WHITE DIGITS, EXCEPT CODES  
T3##,
WHICH ARE WHITE WITH BLACK DIGITS.

Marking Location
Yukon Delta (Code K###)--30 swans in 2006 and 100 swans in 2007.
Alaska Peninsula (North) (Code P###)--91 swans in 2006 and 52 swans in
2007.
Alaska Peninsula (South) (Code T4##)--62 swans in 2006 and 63 swans in
2007.
Koyukuk Drainage --1 swan in 2006 (Code T213-228) and 10 swans in 2007
(Codes U390-U399).
North Slope (Code T201-212,T3##)--58 swans in 2006.
Kotzebue Sound (Code U###)--100 swans in 2006 and 90 swans in 2007.
Totals--357 swans in 2006 and 315 swans in 2007.

PLEASE REPORT ANY OBSERVATIONS OF SWANS WITH NECK BANDS TO YOUR LOCAL
CONSERVATION OFFICER OR TO:

Craig Ely
Alaska Science Center
1011 E. Tudor Rd.
Anchorage, AK 99503
Phone: (907) 786-3526
EM:  cely at usgs.gov

John Whissel
Swan Research Program
7078 Airlie Road
Warrenton, VA 20187
Phone: (540) 341-3239
EM:  jwhissel at airlie.com
1-888-2MIGRATE

THE RESEARCHERS WILL PROVIDE ALL OBSERVERS WITH A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE
BANDED SWAN THEY OBSERVED.