>From time to time we observe shorebirds that have been individually tagged
by researchers. I am forwarding this post that was sent to one of the
Alaska mailing lists today.




Scott R
Yakima, WA
mryakima at gmail dot com







See request for reporting marked shorebirds, below. Please note also that
all marked birds should be reported online at the Bird Banding Lab website.
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**http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/BBL/homepage/call800.htm*<http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/BBL/homepage/call800.htm>

*Arctic Shorebird Demographic Network* *
Color-marked Shorebird Resighting Report*



The Arctic Shorebird Demographic Network (ASDN) is an international
collaboration between shorebird biologists who are currently conducting a
multi-year study to examine mechanisms behind declines of North American
Arctic- breeding shorebirds. The Network collaborators? are color-marking
shorebirds at 7 sites in Alaska (Yukon Delta, Nome, Cape Krusenstern, Point
Barrow, Ikpikpuk River, Prudhoe Bay and the Canning River) and 4 sites in
Canada (Mackenzie Delta, East Bay and Coates Island in the northern portion
of Hudson Bay, and Churchill).
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We would be delighted to receive reports of color-marked shorebirds observed
away from the breeding grounds. Please look for marked birds of the
following species and fill out the following resighting report:*

American Golden-plover *Pluvialis dominica*
Semipalmated Plover *Charadrius semipalmatus*
Bar-tailed Godwits *Limosa lapponica*
Whimbrel *Numenius phaeopus*
Ruddy Turnstone *Arenaria interpres*
Dunlin * Calidris alpina*
Western Sandpiper *Calidris mauri*
Semipalmated Sandpiper *Calidris pusilla*
Stilt Sandpiper * Calidris himantopus*
Pectoral Sandpiper *Calidris melanotos*
Long-billed Dowitcher * Limnodromus scolopaceus*
Red Phalarope * Phalaropus fulicarius*
Red-necked Phalarope *Phalaropus lobatus*


All ASDN birds are marked with a white (Canada) or dark green (USA) flag and
a color band. The engraved flags will have a 3 letter code of letters or
numbers, written in white on the green flags or written in black on the
white flags, and an additional color band (e.g. red, dark blue, orange, dark
green, yellow) below the flag. Most birds will also have three unique color
bands on the opposite leg to further facilitate individual identification
during the breeding season, as well as a US Geological Survey/Canadian
Wildlife Service metal band with a unique serial number.

Please see attached forms to submit re-sighting records.

Inquires about the Arctic Shorebird Demographics Network can be directed to:

River Gates, Network Field Coordinator,
US Fish and Wildlife Service, Migratory Bird Management
1011 East Tudor Rd. MS201
Anchorage, Alaska, USA
(907) 786-3563. *
**hrivergates at gmail.com* <hrivergates at gmail.com>
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