Ardea alba
Ardea alba / Great White Egret / Grande Aigrette / Garza real / Garceta Grande
2011
Over 100 young Great Egrets from three sites in Lake Huron (Canada/USA) have been marked with GREEN or ORANGE wing-tags (see photo), each tag carries a unique alphanumeric combination. Birders are asked to send details of any sightings (date, time, location, observer, color of tag and alphanumeric combination). Also, please report any evening roosting sites and feeding group of 6 or more birds.
Chip Weseloh
Canadian Wildlife Service
Ontario Region
4905 Dufferin St.
Downsview, Ontario
M3H 5T4 CANADA
Tel.: 416-739-5846
2001 to 2010
Southern Georgian Bay, Lake Huron, Ontario (Canada) and Motor Island, Niagara River, New York (USA)
Birds with red bands (with white alphanumeric code) above left "knee". They also have the traditional metallic bands on the right leg above the "ankle."
Chip Weseloh
Canadian Wildlife Service
Ontario Region
4905 Dufferin St.
Downsview, Ontario
M3H 5T4 CANADA
Phone 416-739-5846
Bill Watson
771 Fletcher Street
Tonawanda, NY 14150
USA
Connie Adams
NYSDEC
270 Michigan Ave.
Buffalo, NY 14203
Phone (716) 851-7010
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2008
New York Harbor (USA)
New York City Audubon and New Jersey Audubon have launched a project to study wading bird foraging activity in the greater New York Harbor and have started this year (June 2008) to color band Great Egrets
Birds with white bands (with black alphanumeric code) above left "knee". They also have the traditional metallic bands on the right leg above the "ankle." Some birds also with VHF radio transmitter.
In addition to the band information, please record the date, location, and number of (other) birds. These data will help us better document the dispersal pattern of these fledglings.
Susan Elbin
New York City Audubon
71 W. 23rd St.
New York, NY 10010
USA
Phone: 212-691-7483
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