Please keep an eye out for banded/marked Piping Plovers this season. Four of
the birds Sidney and Peter marked have already been resighted in the US (in
FL, SC, MA and CT). There are more out there and others about to begin their
migration, as some marked birds remain in winter quarters. Please look for
bands on any plover you come across this season. To see pictures of marked
Bahamas plovers visit:
http://cvwofirstlandingspk.blogspot.com/2010/02/piping-plovers-of-bahamas.ht
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PIPING PLOVERS COLOR-MARKED IN THE BAHAMAS - In an effort to determine where
Piping Plovers wintering in The Bahamas are staging during migration, and
breeding, 57 birds were uniquely color-marked this winter in The Bahamas for
Environment Canada by Sidney Maddock and Peter Doherty, with help from The
Bahamas National Trust.  Each bird has a black flag (band with a tab
sticking out slightly) on the upper left leg, nothing on the upper right, a
single color band on one lower leg, and two color bands (which can be the
same color on top of each other) on the other lower leg.  Colors used
included: red, orange, yellow, white, light green, dark green, dark blue,
and black.  Please report all sightings to CHERI GRATTO-TREVOR, Prairie and
Northern Wildlife Research Centre, Environment Canada, 115 Perimeter Road,
Saskatoon, SK S7N 0X4 Canada (EM:  <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
), noting the color and location of each band on
the bird, and location and behaviour of the bird (on nest or brood, foraging
at migratory stop-over, etc.), as well as presumed sex of the bird, if
possible. 

 

 

Jackie Cooper

Rockville, MD