[ValleyNature] Color-banded Piping Plovers from The Bahamas

[James W. Wolford]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Brian Dalzell <aythya at nb.sympatico.ca>
> Date: March 31, 2010 4:03:28 PM ADT
> To: naturens at chebucto.ns.ca
> Subject: [NatureNS] Color-banded Piping Plovers from The Bahamas
> Reply-To: naturens at chebucto.ns.ca
>
> During Jan-Feb 2010 fifty-seven Piping Plovers were color marked on  
> three
> islands in The Bahamas. Kindly keep an eye out for these birds  
> during the
> spring and fall migration and  the breeding season.  
> Sightings,including those about which the observer is uncertain  
> (note: there are very few color-banded Piping Plovers in the  
> Atlantic population so one with a black flag is likely from The  
> Bahamas), may be reported per the instructions below.
>
> Additional information and pictures of The Bahamas Plovers may be  
> found in
> the Coastal Virginia Wildlife Observatory at First Landing blog of  
> February
> 24, 2010 by visiting www.cvwo.org .
>
>
> PIPING PLOVERS COLOR-MARKED IN THE BAHAMAS – In an effort to  
> determine where Piping Plovers wintering in The Bahamas are staging  
> during migration, and
> breeding, 57 birds were uniquely color-marked this winter in The  
> Bahamas for
> Environment Canada by Sidney Maddock and Peter Doherty, with help  
> from The
> Bahamas National Trust.  Each bird has a black flag (band with a tab
> sticking out slightly) on the upper left leg, nothing on the upper  
> right, a
> single color band on one lower leg, and two color bands (which can  
> be the
> same color on top of each other) on the other lower leg.  Colors used
> included: red, orange, yellow, white, light green, dark green, dark  
> blue,
> and black.
>
> Please report all sightings to CHERI GRATTO-TREVOR, Prairie and
> Northern Wildlife Research Centre, Environment Canada, 115  
> Perimeter Road,
> Saskatoon, SK S7N 0X4 Canada (EM: cheri.gratto-trevor at ec.gc.ca),  
> noting the
> color and location of each band on the bird, and location and  
> behaviour of
> the bird (on nest or brood, foraging at migratory stop-over, etc.),  
> as well
> as presumed sex of the bird, if possible.  Thanks for any assistance!
>
> P.S.  Northbound Piping Plovers from the Bahamas have already been  
> reported from Florida, South Carolina, Connecticut and  
> Massachusetts.  Atlantic provinces next?

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