[Birding-Aus] Migration / colour banding
Alan McBride
You never know, some Thai or norther Aust birds may head the wrong way over the next month or so or come to other parts of Australia at the end of boreal summer breeding.
Cheers
Alan
Begin forwarded message:
From: Krys Kazmierczak <kr...@krys.net>
Date: 11 March 2010 8:27:53 AM AEDT
To: OB <orienta...@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [OB] Fw: Hello and migration from Chris Hassell
Dear All
I have been asked to forward the following message.
Please do not reply to me.
Kind regards
Krys
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Krys Kazmierczak
OB Owner/Moderator
orientalbi...@yahoogroups.com
Note also that over 4000 shorebirds have been flagged in Thailand these
past few years, including 100-plus most recently within the past week.
The Thai birds bear a black flag above a green flag, and may also
already be on their way north. It is important also to note the shape of
the flags from Thailand (oblong indicating the Inner Gulf of Thailand;
tapered flags indicating the peninsula).
The web address for reporting sightings is
http://www.awsg.org.au/reportform.php
----- Original Message -----
*From:* Chris Hassell <mailto:turn...@wn.com.au>
*To:* Chris Hassell <mailto:turn...@wn.com.au>
*Sent:* Tuesday, March 09, 2010 12:14 PM
*Subject:* Hello and migration from Chris Hassell
Hello to all my friends and colleagues in Asia.
It is migration time again. Already Eastern Curlew and Greater Sand
Plovers have left my study site of Roebuck Bay [near Broome, NW
Australia] and are heading to your sites.
This is just a reminder to you all, please look out for colour-banded
birds and flagged birds.
Remember with birds that have colour bands it is also *vital to get the
position of the flag as this is part of the combination*.
Colour bands are recorded
*top band on left tarsus lower band left tarsus*
*top band right tarsus lower band right tarsus.*
This is the method regardless of where the flag is positioned.
There are of course white flags and colour bands from NZ as well as
yellow flags from Broome, Australia.
I know that those of you who this is addressed to know these details but
if you could pass this on to anyone you know who will be in the field
this spring migration I would be very grateful.
If any of the inexperienced observers wish to contact me then I am very
happy to mail them images or anything I can to help.
I will be in Bohai Bay working with Miss Yang Hongyan again this year,
so I am afraid I will not be able to met many of you but I wish you all
the very best with your catching and studies.
Cheers
Chris
Chris Hassell
Global Flyway Network
turn...@wn.com.au <mailto:turn...@wn.com.au>
www.globalflywaynetwork.com.au/ <http://www.globalflywaynetwork.com.au/>
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