Re: Ship assisted gulls.
Phil Davis (pdavis@ix.netcom.com)
Wed, 24 Feb 1999 20:59:36 -0500
Kathy -
Fascinating ...
This would make very interesting fodder (meant in a good sense) for state
records committees that have to deal with taking position on these issues.
Is there any data readily available from the BBL on this topic ... say, if
someone (unfortunately, I can't volunteer at this time) was willing to
analyze it? For example, are there any species that more commonly are
found on ships in ports ... or do any ports (or really maybe shipping
lanes?) more commonly attract these ship borne visitors, etc.?
Phil
At 09:28 AM 02/24/1999 -0700, you wrote:
> The Bird Banding Laboratory gets band reports for birds such as
> albatross, terns, gulls from shipping vessels. We usually receive
> several each year. Most of these are not from US vessels and sometimes
> a banded bird will stay with a ship into port and create a very
> strange out-of-area encounter. Just thought this would be of interest
> in reference to the discussion on ship-assisted birds.
>
> Cheers,
> Kathy
>
>
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>Subject: Ship assisted gulls.
>Author: mdosprey@ARI.Net at NBS-Internet-Gateway
>Date: 2/24/99 12:21 AM
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>
>Hello all,
>
>I thought that Bob Mumfords post regarding ship assisted gulls was rather
>informative. Certainly any birder that has spent that much time at sea has a
>level of authority that should not be discounted.
>
>My question is what evidece is there that birds such as gulls are being ship
>assisted? Certainly since it is mentioned so often (although not here),
there
>must be some reason to think it happens.
>
>Curious,
>
>Todd Day
>Jeffersonton, VA
>BlkVulture@aol.com
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