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Maeve Coker <maeve.charlesworth@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2020 8:23:34 AM
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Subject: [nnasnet] Banded Royal Terns
Hello Everyone,
I just wanted to share some exciting finds on two kayaking trips in Middlesex
County on the Rappahannock north of Urbanna on 8/12 and 8/28 . I have been able
to identify 6 different banded Royal Terns with field-readable color bands.
Birds CE9 and HE3 were both banded as chicks on 7/7/2018 at the Hampton Roads
Bridge Tunnel. 7J8, 53A, AJX, and 14E were all banded on 7/4/2020 at the newly
created nesting island on Fort Wool! Thanks to all of our efforts to speak out
and convince the state to do the right thing for the colony, these birds were
able to continue breeding in the same area and subsequently make their way to
us here on the Middle Peninsula and Northern Neck.
While all of these birds are dispersing from Hampton, now is the perfect time
to get out and find them! All of these birds were loafing on pilons, and did
not seem to mind me getting fairly close to them on a kayak as long as I was
quiet and didn’t make any sudden movements with my paddle. Anything you find
can be reported by following USGS report bands website.
Good luck and happy birding,
Maeve Coker
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