Subject: [Tweeters] Fwd: FWD> neck banded Tundra Swans
Date: Sep 21 16:00:26 2006
From: Charles Swift - chaetura at gmail.com


FYI...

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Greetings birders! The USFWS is asking the public to look out for
marked Tundra Swans that migrate through west - central SK in the
fall (Kindersely - Swift Cuttrent - Saskatoon - Regina area birders
be on alert!). Here is their message:

TUNDRA SWANS WITH BLUE NECK BANDS FROM ALASKA

TUNDRA SWANS WERE MARKED IN WESTERN AND NORTHERN ALASKA IN THE SUMMER
OF 2006 WITH BLUE NECK BANDS AS PART OF AN EFFORT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT
THE TIMING OF MIGRATION AND MOVEMENTS RELATIVE TO BREEDING AREA.

EACH BIRD HAS A FOUR-DIGIT CODE THAT BEGINS WITH A LETTER. CODES
ARE READ FROM BOTTOM TO TOP.

Marking Location / Code / Numbers Collared
Yukon Delta / K### / 30
Alaska Peninsula (North)/ P### / 91
Alaska Peninsula (South) / T4## / 62
Koyukuk Drainage / T213-228 / 16
North Slope / T201-212,T3## / 58
Kotzebue Sound / U### / 100

PLEASE REPORT ANY OBSERVATIONS TO YOUR LOCAL CONSERVATION OFFICER, OR
TO:

W. Canada & Pacific Flyway East Coast_____
Craig Ely John Whissel
Alaska Science Center Environmental Studies
at Airlie
1011 E. Tudor Rd. 7078 Airlie
Road
Anchorage, AK 99503 Warrenton, VA 20187
Phone: (907) 786-3526 (540) 341-3239
EM: craig_ely AT usgs.gov jwhissel AT airlie.com



WE WILL PROVIDE ALL OBSERVERS WITH A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE BANDED SWAN
THEY OBSERVED.








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Charles Swift
Moscow, ID
chaetura at gmail.com
http://www.uidaho.edu/~charless <http://www.uidaho.edu/%7Echarless>

--
Charles Swift
Moscow, ID
chaetura at gmail.com
http://www.uidaho.edu/~charless