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[Whoopinwiller@xxxxxxx]

26 FEB 04 
Volunteer Parkway
Bristol, TN
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This morning at 10:30 Wallace Coffey did it again. Banded Ringed-billed Gulls 
that is. Two individuals were banded bringing the total of Ring-billed Gulls 
band by Coffey to four. This occurred just as blowing snow began. 
The Launched Avian Restraint Utility System (LA.R.U.S.) was again employed 
and functioned today as a snare as the two gulls caught had their wings tangled 
in the pull cord during a feeding frenzy inside the strike zone of the trap.
Today's observations of feeding behavior added to our growing knowledge of 
this species of "inner city" gull. We now have a working concept of what is 
involved with a successful set of the trap. The key is to find enough gulls to 
pressure themselves into a carefree feeding frenzy. Just as important, if not 
more so, a general knowledge of what does not seem to provoke the desired 
response has been added to our teams library of experience. 
'Til we bird again

Rack Cross
Blountville, TN


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