Auxilliary markers such as neck rings on geese can be reported through the Bird
Banding Lab - see http://www.pwrc.nbs.gov/bbl/homepage/aboutaux.htm

They will pass on the tag numbers and locations to the research team
responsible for the banding.

== Michael Hobbs
== Washington Ornithological Society webmaster
== http://www.wos.org
== WOSweb at wos.org

----- Original Message -----
From: <RTShaw80 at aol.com>
To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 8:27 PM
Subject: Canada Geese Subspecies/WBNU


> Hey Tweets,
> had some interesting geese with some tags on them yesterday down Lower River
> Road by Vancouver Lake.
> Had a Dusky with a red neck tag, letters PY on them, and a Cackler, I
> believe, with a yellow neck tag having the letter C on it. Any special
> meaning to these tags you all might no about? Also, any good references to
> ID Taverner's Canada Goose?
>
> The White-breasted Nuthatches at Ridgefield, are they of a different race
> than the ones in the Ponderosa Pine area of E. Washington? I don't have
> either one of there calls burned into memory, but I seem to recall that they
> have different calls. Either one of them always throw me off in the first
> place, as I am still used to the WBNU calls of the ones back east.
>
> Good Birding
> Ryan
>
>
> Ryan Shaw
> Lacey, WA
> RTShaw80 at aol.com
> http://hometown.aol.com//rtshaw80/index.html
>