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Colour ringed/banded waders from NZ 留意紐西蘭來的鳥(有色環)
« on: Mar 31st, 2006, 12:20pm » |
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From :
David Melville
The Ornithological Society of New Zealand
In the past few weeks over 500 individually colour banded/ringed Bar-tailed Godwit, Red Knot and Turnstone have departed New Zealand northwards - they could be on a beach near you!
The birds have been marked by the Ornithological Society of New Zealand as part of a study on behalf of the Department of Conservation to investigate movements around New Zealand - the ability to follow their movements throughout the flyway is an added bonus!
Birds are marked with 2 colour bands/rings on each tarsus and one WHITE flag - which may be on the tarsus or tibia. It is important to note the position of the FLAG as well as the colour of the bands as the flag position forms part of the identification code.
A few birds have discoloured white flags and bands/rings - which look creamy yellow and may cause difficulty in the field. This appears to be caused by staining at certain coastal areas in New Zealand. If you are in doubt as to whether a band/ring or flag was yellow or white please note this in your report.
Further details about the project, together with examples of colour combinations used and an excel reporting form are available at:
http://osnz.org.nz/nzwaderstudy.htm
We should be very grateful to receive all reports of banded birds. We will provide banding details to observers for all birds reported.
Last year we received reports of banded birds from China, South Korea, Japan and Alaska.
We look forward to hearing from you!
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