[NatureNS] Color-banded Piping Plovers from The Bahamas

From: Paul Evans <evans@eastlink.ca>
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Thank you John -- that is very interesting. I will send a report this
evening.

Paul

-----Original Message-----
From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca]
On Behalf Of John Kearney
Sent: August-03-10 9:56 AM
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Subject: FW: [NatureNS] Color-banded Piping Plovers from The Bahamas

Hi Paul,
Below is an email sent by Brian Dalzell to NatureNS last March about the
colour-banded Piping Plovers.
John

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From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca]
On Behalf Of Brian Dalzell
Sent: March 31, 2010 16:03
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Subject: [NatureNS] Color-banded Piping Plovers from The Bahamas

During Jan-Feb 2010 fifty-seven Piping Plovers were color marked on three
islands in The Bahamas. Kindly keep an eye out for these birds during the
spring and fall migration and  the breeding season. Sightings,including
those about which the observer is uncertain (note: there a very few
color-banded Piping Plovers in the Atlantic population so one with a black
flag is likely from The Bahamas), may be reported per the instructions
below.
 
Additional information and pictures of The Bahamas Plovers may be found in
the Coastal Virginia Wildlife Observatory at First Landing blog of February
24, 2010 by visiting www.cvwo.org .
 
 
PIPING PLOVERS COLOR-MARKED IN THE BAHAMAS - In an effort to determine where
Piping Plovers wintering in The Bahamas are staging during migration, and
breeding, 57 birds were uniquely color-marked this winter in The Bahamas for
Environment Canada by Sidney Maddock and Peter Doherty, with help from The
Bahamas National Trust.  Each bird has a black flag (band with a tab
sticking out slightly) on the upper left leg, nothing on the upper right, a
single color band on one lower leg, and two color bands (which can be the
same color on top of each other) on the other lower leg.  Colors used
included: red, orange, yellow, white, light green, dark green, dark blue,
and black.

Please report all sightings to CHERI GRATTO-TREVOR, Prairie and
Northern Wildlife Research Centre, Environment Canada, 115 Perimeter Road,
Saskatoon, SK S7N 0X4 Canada (EM: cheri.gratto-trevor@ec.gc.ca), noting the
color and location of each band on the bird, and location and behaviour of
the bird (on nest or brood, foraging at migratory stop-over, etc.), as well
as presumed sex of the bird, if possible.  Thanks for any assistance!

P.S.  Northbound Piping Plovers from the Bahamas have already been reported
from Florida, South Caroline, Connecticut and Massachusetts.  Atlantic
provinces next?


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