[NatureNS] Semipalmated Sandpipers (3) with coloured leg flags & flagging locations

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On Friday & Monday I've photographed 3 SESA with yellow, green & blue
leg flags. The yellow flag bird also has a blue band above the flag.
The other 2 birds have regular silver bands on the other leg. A direct
link to photos of the 3 birds is given below. BTW, the blue flagged
bird turned up in several photos I took of the green flagged bird. I
had no idea I had the blue one until I put the photos on my laptop.

Here is the information received on the locations where the birds were flagged:

"this yellow-flagged bird is another one of ours. The blue ring that
accompanies the yellow flag means that the bird was marked in French
Guiana, which matches with our records for the code XCY.  If Rick is
correct about this then we marked the bird on 1/23/11 at a rice
plantation in western French Guiana.  here are the coordinates
5°38'39.51"N,  53°39'20.98"W.  Thanks again Rick for the keen eye.
..."

"Jackpot!!  These are both our birds.  Thanks to Rick Whitman for the
great pictures.  The bird with the light green flag was tagged in
Delaware Bay this spring.  We haven't finished the data entry yet so I
don't know the exact date or location.  The blue flagged bird was one
we marked on 26 Jan. 2012 at our study site, Coroa dos Ovos, state of
Maranhão, Brazil.  This was our first field expedition to Brazil and
it was a great success.  1250 SESA marked on 6 trapping nights plus a
bunch of other species.  Here are the coordinates if you're interested
in where the study site is.    1°26'50.44"S,  45° 9'17.40"W.  ..."

David S. Mizrahi, Ph.D.ed
Vice-president, Research and Monitoring
New Jersey Audubon Society

http://rickwhitman.smugmug.com/Nature/Birds-July-September-2012/24210793_TpztBd#!i=1984339159&k=BgcsxjQ

Rick Whitman

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