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Lll:
I received the following message on large gulls from Alex Bond in the
Biology Dept. at Memorial U, St. John's. It is self-explanatory. So,
do try to find some of his wayward gulls, and report directly to him
(or me for forwarding if you've lost his address).
Cheers, Ian
----- Forwarded message from abond@mun.ca -----
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 09:37:29 -0330
From: Alex Bond <abond@mun.ca>
Subject: RFI: Large gulls wintering in Nova Scotia
To: i.a.mclaren@dal.ca
Dr. McLaren,
I've been working here in Newfoundland banding large gulls during the
winter (Herring, Great Black-backed, Iceland and Glaucous). This was
fairly easy in past years, as St. John's had an open landfill.
Because of the nearby airport, the city has now changed the management
of the facility, and garbage is buried daily. The result is a
change from 30,000+ gulls to less than 1000 this winter (which is, I
suppose, a good thing overall - just not for our project!).
I'm writing to ask if you or others in coastal NS have noticed an
increase in wintering gulls, perhaps in some CBC count circles, and
also to ask folks to keep an eye out for colour-banded birds (2
letters, black text on an orange band) - we've had encounters in
Pennsylvania already this winter.
Feel free to forward to others. I've already written to colleagues in NB.
Many thanks, and best wishes,
Alex
Alex Bond
Seabird Ecology Research Group
Department of Biology
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador, A1B 3X9, Canada
T. +1 709 864 8141 • F. +1 709 864 3018
E. abond@mun.ca • WWW. http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~abond
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