FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] More on the patagial tagged gulls

[Carole Gobert <cpgobert@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Saturday, January 19 at around 4 p.m. I observed a ring-billed gull with orange 
patagial tags at The Cove at Concord Park in west Knox County, Tennessee 
(Knoxville).  The bands consisted of circles joined by a straight bar.   Since 
the bands were a different shape than the yellow tags I reported on a ring bill 
in Clinton at the Eagle Bend Fish Hatchery on December 21 (rectangular and 
larger), I sent this information to Thomas Seamans in Ohio and received this 
response:
 
Thank you for your second report and your comment on the different shaped 
patagial tag.  We only used rounded or "dumb bell" shaped tags.  So, the 
rectangular tag that you saw was not ours.  Someone else reported seeing bright 
blue tags and I received a photo of a red tagged bird.  I am beginning to 
wonder if someone else marked gulls but did not get permission from the banding 
office to do so. Thank you again for your reports! Tom Thomas W. 
SeamansWildlife BiologistUSDA/Wildlife Services/National Wildlife Research 
Center-Ohio Field Station6100 Columbus AvenueSandusky, Ohio 44870-9660phone: 
419-625-0242fax: 419-625-8465
 
 
Carole Gobert, Knoxville, TN 
 
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