wader Dick & Jean Hoffman
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Report Banded American & Pacific Golden-Plovers, Black-bellied Plovers

Request for Assistance:

SHOREBIRDERS: Please keep your eyes on Pluvialis plover legs this fall!
We've been banding Pacific and American Golden-Plovers (Pluvialis fulva and P. dominica) and Black-bellied Plovers (P. squatarola) for many years at Oahu, Hawaii and/or Nome, Alaska. More recently, we started marking Pacific Golden-Plovers at Johnston Atoll south of Hawaii. Each bird wears a USF&WS metal band plus some combination of color-bands or flags. It is important to record the exact sequence on each leg, and whether there is a color-band above or below the metal band.
Send observations with as much information as possible to:

Oscar Johnson, Dept. of Biology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717 (e-mail owjohnson2105@aol.com; tele 406-587-7305; FAX 406-994-3190) [updated 2 Aug 2000]

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2 Aug 2000