Kingsboider: A short time ago , I mentioned that I sent in information to the US Geological Survey Patuxent Bird Lab on 3 Ring-billed gulls that had orange pink circular wing tags, seen on Prospect Lake ( they were banded). I received the mailings a couple days ago. It turns out two of the three Ring-billeds are from Red Sox Nation (baseball fans take note) :)>
Two of the birds #343 and #318 are from Worcester County,Massachusetts. The third i have not received any info but likely the same region as the other two.
here are the full details for each bird:
Band # 0994-06449 2 343
banded 11/18/2009
hatched in 2008 or earlier sex unknown
Peter's Prospect report 1/12/10
Canada Goose 330--180 Parade Grounds, 150 Lake
Mute Swan 7 lake
American Black Duck 5 lake
Mallard X
Northern Shoveler 90 lake
Bufflehead 1 drake lake
Ruddy Duck 8 lake
Cooper's Hawk 1 adult perched in Bald Cypress next to Peninsula sumacs
Red-tailed Hawk 2--f/o Lake
American Kestrel 1 Parkside Ave (Parade Grounds), reported by Rob Bate
American Coot 6 lake
Ring-billed Gull 1300 lake
Herring Gull 40 lake
Great Black-backed Gull 3 lake
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove 62--30 feeders; 32 Maryland Monument
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1 feeders
American Crow 117--37 on Lake side; ~80 f/o Rink Lot
Black-capped Chickadee 1 Terrace Br
American Robin 2 Maryland Monument
Northern Mockingbird 1 Maryland Monument
European Starling 45 lakeside
Song Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 8 West Island
Red-winged Blackbird 1 feeders
Common Grackle 1 feeders; reported by Rob bate
American Goldfinch 2 feeders
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/)
Two of the birds #343 and #318 are from Worcester County,Massachusetts. The third i have not received any info but likely the same region as the other two.
here are the full details for each bird:
Band # 0994-06449 2 343
banded 11/18/2009
hatched in 2008 or earlier sex unknown
Location banded : Upper Blackstone waste treatment plant,Worcester, Worcester County, Mass (47 miles west from Fenway Park, Boston ) coordinates lat 42.21556 long -71.78806
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band # 0994-03425 318
banded 11/04/2009
hatched in 2008 or earlier sex unknown
location banded: Northborough, Worcester County, Mass -coordinates 42.28444; long -71.65556
(39 miles west of Boston's Fenway Park)Both birds Banded by :Dr Tom French ,State of Masachusetts-Nongame Division of Fisheries and Wildlife Route 135 Westborough, MA 01581 3337
************************************Peter's Prospect report 1/12/10
Canada Goose 330--180 Parade Grounds, 150 Lake
Mute Swan 7 lake
American Black Duck 5 lake
Mallard X
Northern Shoveler 90 lake
Bufflehead 1 drake lake
Ruddy Duck 8 lake
Cooper's Hawk 1 adult perched in Bald Cypress next to Peninsula sumacs
Red-tailed Hawk 2--f/o Lake
American Kestrel 1 Parkside Ave (Parade Grounds), reported by Rob Bate
American Coot 6 lake
Ring-billed Gull 1300 lake
Herring Gull 40 lake
Great Black-backed Gull 3 lake
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove 62--30 feeders; 32 Maryland Monument
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1 feeders
American Crow 117--37 on Lake side; ~80 f/o Rink Lot
Black-capped Chickadee 1 Terrace Br
American Robin 2 Maryland Monument
Northern Mockingbird 1 Maryland Monument
European Starling 45 lakeside
Song Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 8 West Island
Red-winged Blackbird 1 feeders
Common Grackle 1 feeders; reported by Rob bate
American Goldfinch 2 feeders
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/)
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Kingsboider note #2 : regarding yesterday' s posting on the feathers I found on the ground, Rob Bate suggested they were from GREAT BLUE HERON..It makes the most sense given the length and coloration of the feathers. How it perished is anybody's guess. Anybody a fan of the "X-Files"?
