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Leg-flagged Curlew Sandpiper in Macau
« on: May 6th, 2003, 10:50am » |
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For members' reference, please find attached message on report of flag sighting. Members who found flagged waders are welcome to report to http://www.tasweb.com.au/awsg/index.htm. and copy to the coordinator of Waterbird Monitoring Programme at hkbws@hkbws.org.hk ------------------------------------------------------- Quote" Date: Mon, 05 May 2003 15:50:11 +0900 From: Simba Chan Subject: Fwd: Curlew Sandpiper 30/04/03 - Report of flag sighting to Observer >From: AWSG Leg Flag Sightings >c/o Clive Minton, >165 Dalgetty Rd., >Beaumaris, VIC 3193 >Australia > >Phone/Fax: 61 3 9589 4901 >Email: mintons@ozemail.com.au > > >Dear Mr. Leung, Va, > >Thank you for recording the details of the flagged wader that was recently >sighted. We appreciate your action in reporting this information, which >will contribute to our understanding of the migration of birds in the East >Asian-Australasian Flyway. > >Please check the information given below and advise me if any details >appear incorrect. > >A Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea was sighted by Mr. Leung, Va at: >Taipa-Coloane Wetland, Macao, People's Republic of China 22deg 11min 0sec >N, 113deg 32min 0sec E on 30/04/03 with flag(s) as follows: > >LEFT leg: nothing/unknown on tibia (upper) above nothing/unknown on tarsus >RIGHT leg: orange flag on tibia (upper) above nothing/unknown on tarsus > >This bird was flagged in Victoria (Australia), approximate co-ordinates >38deg 0min S, 145deg 0min E, which uses the flag combination Orange, >sometime since January 1990. > >The resighting was a distance of approximately 7457 km, with a bearing of >328 degrees, from the marking location. > >Age: Adult. > > > >Thank you for contributing to the Australasian Wader Studies Group >migration research program. More information on the Group's activities and >a form you can use to submit sighting reports electronically can be found >via http://www.tasweb.com.au/awsg/index.htm. > >Please do not hesitate to contact me should you wish to know more about >the activities of the Australasian Wader Studies Group. > >The Australasian Wader Studies Group has now assumed responsibility for >processing all leg flag markings in Australia under agreement with, and >with limited financial support from, Environment Australia which is the >Environment Portfolio of the Commonwealth Government of Australia. > >Yours sincerely, >Clive Minton, Australasian Wader Studies Group > >Processed 05/05/2003, our reference: 00005018 (UNK65914). "Unquote
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