B.Max Gotz
Box 291
Whistler, BC
V0N 1B0

email- bmgotz at direct.ca

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> ROCKY POINT NOTES VOLUME 1, NUMBER 8 20 OCTOBER 1997
>
> Editor: Michael G. Shepard, 306-825 Cook Street, Victoria, B.C. V8V 3Z1
> mgs at islandnet.com (250) 380-9195
>
> We have been gathering general observations and conducting censuses as
> resources have permitted. The highlight of the week was a Gyrfalcon seen
by
> Dannie Carsen and Richard Watts on October 18. The vultures have
definitely
> departed, with only a few stragglers remaining. Numbers of other raptors
> are also low.
>
> NOTES FROM DATA CRUNCHING
> The July and August 1997 banding data have now been entered. So far,
> nothing in the numbers looks particularly noteworthy. However, we have
been
> getting some interesting recapture records (detailed below).
>
> JULY/AUGUST 1997 RECAPTURES OF BIRDS BANDED IN 1995 OR EARLIER
> Species Band Number Banding Date Age/Sex Recapture Date
> AMGO 1950-31435 3 August 1994 AHY M 29 July 1997
> One of the first birds we caught at Rocky Point. Interestingly, it had
> not been
> caught since the original capture, and was recaptured within a few
metres
> of the
> original location. Furthermore, it was travelling with a banded female
> (next entry)
> that had not been caught since its first capture!
> AMGO 1990-53897 12 May 1995 SY F 29 July 1997
> WCSP 1501-49861 22 August 1994 AHY U 7 August 1997
> Had also been recaptured on 25 July 1995.
> COYE 1990-53601 27 April 1995 ASY M 9 August 1997
> Had been recaptured three times in 1995, but not since.
> AMGO 1990-53777 9 May 1995 ASY F 20 August 1997
>
> SOME RECENT ROCKY POINT OBSERVATIONS
> (Observers: ALM=Alan MacLeod, DC=Dannie Carsen, RGS=Ron Satterfield,
> RW=Richard Watts)
> Gyrfalcon October 18 1 DC, RW
> Cassin's Auklet October 18 5 ALM, RGS
>
> VICTORIA AND ESQUIMALT HARBOURS SURVEY
> I am coordinating a survey of birds in the Victoria and Esquimalt
Harbours
> area for the Canadian Wildlife Service. The next count will be conducted
> over the coming weekend, from October 24-27. If you have a few hours to
> spare and are interested in helping out, please contact me. MGS.
>
>