The Shorebird Watcher - Report Observations

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Dick & Jean Hoffman
The Shorebird Watcher

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Report Your Observations

Report regular shorebird occurrence
Find where to send information on banded/color marked shorebirds
Document rare sightings

1. Gather data on a location and report to ISS

All About Bird Markers	2. Report shorebirds with color bands and flags If you see color banded (ringed) shorebirds, try to record the color and placement of the bands and flags. Researchers need to know what is above and below the leg joint ("knee") and placement on left and right legs. Also add the date, time, location and, if possible, the numbers and species of other shorebirds present with the marked bird. (See "How to Report" and "Help Researchers") Gray-tailed Tattler Heteroscelus brevipes with blue flagged band from The Shiokawa Tidalflat Page
North America	Send all sightings of color-banded shorebirds in North America to: Dr. Cheri L. Gratto-Trevor Canadian Wildlife Service 115 Perimeter Road Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada S7N 0X4 Phone: 306/975-6128, fax: 306/975-4089 e-mail: cheri.gratto-trevor@ec.gc.ca Dr. Gratto-Trevor is coordinator for the Pan American Shorebird Program's (PASP) protocol of plastic (darvic) color bands (rings) and color flags (rings with an extended tag.) However, recovery of metal bands from dead shorebirds (or any others) should be sent to: USGS-BRD Patuxent Wildlife Research Center Bird Banding Lab 12100 Beech Forest Road Laurel, MD 20708-4037, USA Band reports ONLY: 800/327-BAND Other questions: 301/497-5790; fax: 301/497-5717
Europe	Send all sightings of colour marked waders/shorebirds in Europe to: Jane Marchant Colour Marking Register The National Centre for Ornithology The Nunnery, Thetford Norfolk IP24 2PU, U.K. Phone: (44) (0) 1842 750050, fax: (44) (0) 1842 750030 Colour Marking Register Wader Study Group (WSG) Also see "European Ringing and Migration Studies"
Australia	Send all sightings of colour marked waders/shorebirds in Australia to: Hugo Phillips Birds Australia Conservation & Liaison Australian Bird Research Centre 415 Riversdale Road Hawthorn East, VIC 3123, Australia Phone: +61 3 9882 2622, fax: +61 3 9882 2677 e-mail: conservation@raou.com.au Birds Australia Australasian Wader Study Group (AWSG)

3. Document Rare Sightings.

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Changes last made on: Mar. 11, 1998