FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] TAGGED VULTURE SIGHTINGS REQUESTED

["Carole Gobert" <cpgobert@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

This message was posted to Jerseybirds yesterday.  Thought I'd pass it along 
in case anyone sees one of these tagged vultures (released in Florida & 
Virginia)

Carole Gobert
Knox County, Tennessee

Date:         Wed, 9 Mar 2005 12:10:41 -0500
Reply-To:     Laurie Larson <llarson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sender:       New Jersey Birding <JerseyBirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
From:         Laurie Larson <llarson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject:      Vulture observations wanted
X-To:         Jerseybirds List <jerseybi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>TAGGED VULTURE SIGHTINGS REQUESTED
>
>We are conducting research evaluating the movements of YELLOW or WHITE
>wing-tagged vultures. Each tagged bird has a cattle ear tag in its
>RIGHT wing and each tag has a letter and number (ie. F47 or C20) or a
>series of 3 letters (ie. AMJ) that may also be visible from below
>while the birds soar. The yellow tagged birds were marked and released
>in North Florida and the white tagged birds were marked and released
>in Virginia and Florida.
>
>  All sightings should be sent to the email or address below indicating
>the location of the sighting, tag number, species, as well as any
>other pertinent behavioral or other information. Any information of
>recoveries of tagged birds should also be sent to the USGS Bird
>Banding Lab in MD http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbl/.  For more information
>on our vulture research, please see
>http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ws/nwrc/research/vultures/.
>
>  Thank you for any information you may provide.
>
>John S Humphrey
>  Wildlife Biologist
>  USDA/APHIS/WS/National Wildlife Research Center
>  2820 E University Ave
>  Gainesville, FL 32641
>  (352) 375-2229
>  Email: John.S.Humphrey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>


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