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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_009D_01CEB08B.5CBC7380 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ken McKenna Box 218 Stellarton NS B0K 1S0 902 752-7644 Hi all Yesterday Sept 12, Charlie Kendell and I observed a wing-tagged = Ring-billed Gull from the Middle River of Pictou dyke on a bar near the = spillway. It had an orange wing band A 1008 (left wing) and a blue left = leg band. Note we did not see the A as the gull did not turn around far = enough for us to see all the info but no doubt this was the right bird = given the past travels. =20 This male adult RBGU was banded as follows: Captured 3/4/2013 at the Charles River, Newton, MA captured using a rocket net baited with bread It was seen Mar 20 still in another Newton MA parking lot By Mar 31, it was seen by Robert MacFarlane in the parking lot of the = Highland Mall in New Glasgow and then it was seen on April 4 at the New = Glasgow Aberdeen Mall by Dave MacLeod. Note there is a McDonalds near = each of these places! It then went on to higher education at Memorial = University in St Johns (Burton's Pond on campus was its fav hangout = spot). It was seen 5 times in this pond in April and 3 times in May = (latest May 9 and then once there in June (12th) by Bill Montevecchi ( a = famous name in birding I think) still on campus. Many of the Memorial U. = sightings were by Anne Hughes whose name I think may have been mentioned = on NatureNS in the past There were no reports submitted between then and our sighting = yesterday. so it appears to be using a route through Pictou Co. on = migration.=20 Interesting info on this migration pattern.=20 cheers ken ------=_NextPart_000_009D_01CEB08B.5CBC7380 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.23520"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Ken McKenna<BR>Box 218 Stellarton = NS<BR>B0K=20 1S0<BR>902 752-7644<BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Hi all</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Yesterday Sept 12, Charlie Kendell and = I observed a=20 wing-tagged Ring-billed Gull from the Middle River of Pictou = dyke on a bar=20 near the spillway. It had an orange wing band A 1008 (left wing) and a = blue left=20 leg band. Note we did not see the A as the gull did not turn around far = enough=20 for us to see all the info but no doubt this was the right bird = given the=20 past travels. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>This male adult RBGU was banded=20 as follows:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: = 11pt">Captured=20 3/4/2013 at the Charles River, Newton, MA<BR>captured using a rocket net = baited=20 with bread</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: = 11pt">It=20 was seen Mar 20 still in another Newton MA parking = lot</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: = 11pt"></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: = 11pt">By=20 Mar 31, it was seen by Robert MacFarlane in the parking lot of = the Highland=20 Mall in New Glasgow and then it was seen on April 4 at the New Glasgow = Aberdeen=20 Mall by Dave MacLeod. Note there is a McDonalds near each of these = places! It then went on to higher education at Memorial = University =20 in St Johns (Burton's Pond on campus was its fav hangout spot). It = was=20 seen 5 times in this pond in April and 3 times in May (latest=20 </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=3DArial><FONT color=3D#1f497d>May 9 and then = once=20 there in June (12th) by Bill Montevecchi ( a famous name in birding = I=20 think) still on campus. Many of the Memorial U. sightings were by = Anne=20 Hughes whose name I think may have been mentioned on NatureNS in the=20 past</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#1f497d face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2><FONT color=3D#1f497d = size=3D3>There were no=20 reports submitted between then and our sighting yesterday. so it = appears=20 to be using a route through Pictou Co. on migration. = </FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2><FONT color=3D#1f497d = size=3D3>Interesting info=20 on this migration pattern. </FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2><FONT color=3D#1f497d=20 size=3D3></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2><FONT color=3D#1f497d=20 size=3D3>cheers</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2><FONT color=3D#1f497d=20 size=3D3>ken</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2><FONT color=3D#1f497d=20 size=3D3></FONT> </DIV></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_009D_01CEB08B.5CBC7380--
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