All -
See below info on an Am. White Pelican banding project at the Great Salt Lake. Not only were 500 young birds banded and wing tagged this year, but there are a bunch of adult birds with satellite transmitters, incl. one that was NW of Greeley last evening. Links below are to blogs about the banding project and an interactive map where you can see where the birds are nearly in real time.
Info about how to report wing tagged birds is below. I've tried to attach a photo showing a bird with a wing tag, hopefully it will come though.
So check all those pelicans out! There might be a wing tagged bird in the flock!
Cheers,
Scott Somershoe
Littleton CO
P.S. - info/maps on other bird satellite tracking projects of regional interest will be available through one web site before too long. I'll share the link when it's available. One page that has been active for a while, which you may not be aware of, is on Long-billed Curlews. A bunch of adults (likely failed breeders) were back on wintering grounds in southern Calif and in Mexico about mid- to late JUNE! Two birds also flew over the Front Range and Eastern CO. Link: https://ibo.boisestate.edu/curlewtracking/locations/
Pelican info:
It's
that time of year again to see pelicans with green wing tags.
This year on Gunnison Island in Great Salt Lake, 500 juvenile
American white pelicans were banded and wing tagged. We are beginning to
receive sightings of these young-of-the-year pelicans as they venture off Gunnison
Island.
The attached photos show pelicans with
green wing tags.
We've also been attaching satellite
transmitters to some adult pelicans, and you can view their locations in nearly
real time with a cool web map: http://wildlife.utah.gov/pelican_webmap/
If you would like to learn more about the
banding and satellite tracking projects, please visit the Wildlife Blog on the
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources' website.
http://wildlife.utah.gov/blog/2015/the-low-speed-stampede/
http://wildlife.utah.gov/blog/2016/round-trip-flights-salt-lake-city-to-mazatlan/
Thanks for your help in spotting and
reporting theses tagged pelicans!
John Neill
Avian Biologist
Great Salt Lake Ecosystem Program
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
4790 S 7500 W
Hooper, Utah 84315
801-231-2019 (Cell)
801-985-3700 (Office)
wildlife.utah.gov/gsl/waterbirdsurvey