Banded American Oystercatcher

Seth Benz

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Jul 13, 2022, 5:20:07 PM7/13/22

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Dear All,

I recently photo'd an American Oystercatcher on Egg Rock in Washington County about 2.5 miles north of Petit Manan Island. I would appreciate receiving any guidance on how to find out about the banding origin, and figure whoever is doing the study would want to know one of "their" birds has been spotted.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Seth

Seth Benz

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Charles Duncan

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Jul 13, 2022, 5:41:21 PM7/13/22

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Hi Seth—

I was going to suggest you try BandeBirds.org which allows one to report and/or map sightings of a variety of species, but especially shorebirds. I tried entering your AMOY with (what seems like) a white leg band labelled “UC.” I came up empty. That means either the band isn’t white, but some other color faded to look white, or that the researches haven’t entered their data into that database. Sorry!

I’ll be interested to know what you may come up with!

—Charles

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On Jul 13, 2022, at 5:19 PM, Seth Benz <sb...@schoodicinstitute.org> wrote:

Dear All,
I recently photo'd an American Oystercatcher on Egg Rock in Washington County about 2.5 miles north of Petit Manan Island. I would appreciate receiving any guidance on how to find out about the banding origin, and figure whoever is doing the study would want to know one of "their" birds has been spotted.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Seth

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Seth Benz
Bird Ecology Program Director
Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park t: 207.288.1350 c: 207.412.8677
e: sb...@schoodicinstitute.org
w: www.schoodicinstitute.org
m: P.O. Box 277, Winter Harbor, Maine 04693

Discover the secrets of birds and birding in Acadia
https://schoodicinstitute.org/2022-bird-tours/

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Donald Thompson

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Jul 13, 2022, 5:46:02 PM7/13/22

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I go to American oystercatcher working group. They have a report form and information.

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Seth Benz

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Jul 13, 2022, 6:09:58 PM7/13/22

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Thank you!

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Ralph Eldridge

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Jul 13, 2022, 7:09:17 PM7/13/22

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FYI: Charles dropped a letter in the link. Correct spelling is bandedbirds.org

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