[texbirds] Fwd: Color Banded Masked Booby from SPI Pelagic 08/25/12
- From: Mary Gustafson <live4birds@xxxxxxx>
- To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 11:07:19 -0400 (EDT)
Hi all -
The Masked Booby with the blue band and white codes that we photographed off
South Padre Island was finally claimed by the researchers - here's the
information. I've now received photos of a third bird from this project, so
please check all Masked Boobies that you see or have photographed this year for
color bands!
Send reports directly to M..C. Marlenne A. Rodríguez Malagón at
marlenne.rodriguez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Here's the report from Marlenne on our bird
off SPI -
That bird (216) was banded in Muertos Island, part of Alacranes Reef at 22º
25.164 N, 89º 42.943' W. It was banded on May 26th of this year (843 km away
and 3 months later of your sight), a recently fledged bird of 1.67 kg of
beauty. It is a great news to hear that you see one of our birds. It is the
first record that somebody reports. We started to band masked boobies last
September and we plan to continue at least for a couple of years. This banding
program is part of a restoration project that involved invasive rodent
eradication on three islands of Alacranes Reef. Reproductive success of the
colony is one our major goals among others. So far we have banded more than 600
birds between adults and juveniles.
Great news!
Mary Gustafson
Mission, Texas
-----Original Message-----
From: Mary Gustafson <mgustafson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: live4birds <live4birds@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Sat, Sep 8, 2012 5:18 pm
Subject: FW: FW: Tagged Masked Booby from Pelagic 08/25/12
From: Marlenne Rodríguez [mailto:marlenne.rodriguez@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2012 6:53 PM
To: Mary Gustafson; 'Vicente Rodríguez'
Cc: 'Humberto Berlanga'
Subject: RE: FW: Tagged Masked Booby from Pelagic 08/25/12
Importance: High
Hi Mary,
I was out of the office with no back up, so just until yesterday I looked up
the files…
That bird (216) was banded in Muertos Island, part of Alacranes Reef at 22º
25.164 N, 89º 42.943' W. It was banded on May 26th of this year (843 km away
and 3 months later of your sight), a recently fledged bird of 1.67 kg of
beauty. It is a great news to hear that you see one of our birds. It is the
first record that somebody reports. We started to band masked boobies last
September and we plan to continue at least for a couple of years. This banding
program is part of a restoration project that involved invasive rodent
eradication on three islands of Alacranes Reef. Reproductive success of the
colony is one our major goals among others. So far we have banded more than 600
birds between adults and juveniles.
119 bird was banded on the same island on May 18th. It weighted 2.05 kg and was
in good shape. Sad to hear that it is dead. Thank you very much for your
records, I hope they are not the last ones. Please keep in touch.
Regards,
marlenne
M.C. Marlenne A. Rodríguez Malagón
Directora de Proyecto Fauna Silvestre
Grupo de Ecología y Conservación de Islas, A.C.
Avenida Moctezuma 836
Zona Centro
Ensenada, Baja California, México 22800
Tel 646.173 4943 y 4997
Fax 646.173 4997
marlenne.rodriguez@xxxxxxxxxxxx
www.islas.org.mx
956.535.2308 cell phone
972.735.8400 or 866.795.0033 main office
972.735.8422 or 866.795.0094 fax
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