26 FEB 04 Volunteer Parkway Bristol, TN . 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 =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. ----------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================