I don't know for sure but I suspect that the color-banded terns were
probably banded on East Sand Island in the lower Columbia River. I don't
think there has been any banding at Bremerton. The color bands should
definitely be reported via the Bird Banding Lab. It's easy to do via the
web. I've done it several times and even got some feedback ... once. I
reported a neck-collared Dusky Canada Goose at McChord Air Force Base and
was disappointed that I never heard anything about where it had been banded.

Kelly McAllister
Olympia, Washington

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ruth Taylor" <rutht at seanet.com>
To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 6:10 PM
Subject: [Tweeters] Color-banded Caspian Terns at Pier 91 today


> Hi All:
>
> I stopped by Pier 91 late this morning to see if there were Caspian Terns
> on
> the roofs of the warehouses. I counted up to 64 perched Caspian Terns (8
> juveniles). Quite a few were hunting and returning with fish in beaks.
> They
> made so much racket that it was surprising that other people on the bike
> path didn't appear to notice them.
> While I was counting, I noticed two that had color bands on both legs. One
> had green over silver (or gray) on the left leg & yellow over yellow on
> the
> right leg; the second was right leg yellow over green, left leg red over
> white (over green? - sure looked like a 3rd band). I'm not sure if these
> are
> complete band readings, but it was the best I could do. Even if they are
> partial band readings, it should at least give someone an idea where these
> birds have turned up.
> Where they are from? Dungeness? Columbia River? Has anyone else noticed
> that some of these birds are banded?
> Also, 4 of the 5 Purple Martin gourds and nest boxes were active, with
> busy
> adults feeding large young.
>
>
> Ruth Taylor
> Ballard/Seattle
> rutht at seanet.com
>
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