Something to share. One of our regional bios sent this out to all Forest
Service biologists.
Lynda Andrews
Wildlife Biologist
Wayne National Forest
740/753-0550 voice
740/753-0118 fax
Visit http://www.birdhocking.com for great Southeastern Ohio birdwatching
opportunities!
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John Curnutt/R9/USDAFS
03/27/2009 03:50 PM
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vultures, vultures everywhere!
In case you see a tagged turkey vulture:
WING-TAGGED TURKEY VULTURES IN NORTH AMERICA ? North, Central, and South
American ornithologists and birders may have opportunities to see Turkey
Vultures bearing patagial wing-tags of five color combinations. Please
report all sightings of wing-tagged Turkey Vultures. Include the date,
location, color of the tag and its code (letters, numbers), the wing
(right or left) to which the tag is attached, and the circumstances of the
sighting (bird was alone, in a flock, flying or perched, feeding or
roosting, etc.). East-central Alberta -- Yellow tag with black letters.
Contact: RICK MORSE, 8 Gaylord Place, St. Albert, AB T8N 0S8 Canada (EM:
[log in to unmask] , PH: 780-405-7389).
Beginning in 2008, nestling vultures were tagged at their nests in
abandoned farm buildings in a large block, east of Edmonton to the
Alberta-Saskatchewan border. This study was begun in 2003 to investigate
the productivity and distribution of these birds, by Wayne Nelson, Floyd
Kunnas, and Dave Moore of the Alberta Fish and Wildlife Division. Nelson,
now retired from AFWD, and Rick Morse, began a long-term wing-tagging
project in Aug 2008. Saskatchewan ? Green tag with white letter and
numbers. Contact: C. STUART HOUSTON, 863 University Drive, Saskatoon, SK
S7N 0J8 Canada (EM: [log in to unmask] , PH: 306-244-0742 before 9
:00 p.m. CST).
From 2003, and ongoing, more than 300 vultures in central and southern
Saskatchewan, at nests in abandoned farm buildings, have received green
wing-tags, in a long-term project conducted by Stuart Houston and his team
of Brent Terry, Marten Stifle, and Michael Blob. Their wing-tagged
vultures have been seen in Venezuela, Saskatchewan, and places in-between,
and in central Alberta as a road-kill and alive on a hunter?s ?trail cam?.
Soon some of these birds will become breeders and will contribute to the
study?s other goals. (Some red-green color-blind people may see these tags
as a dark blue, definitely not a light blue.)
Pennsylvania ? Red tag with black letters. Contact: KEITH BILDSTEIN, Hawk
Mountain Sanctuary Acopian Center for Conservation Learning, 410 Summer
Valley Road, Orwigsburg, PA 17961 U.S.A. (EM: [log in to unmask], PH:
570-943-3411 ext. 108).
Long-term, ongoing study. These birds may venture into eastern Canada.
California ? White tag with black letters. Contact: PETER H. BLOOM,
Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology, 439 Calle San Pablo, Camarillo,
CA 93012 U.S.A. (EM: [log in to unmask], PH: 714-544-6147. A long-standing,
ongoing project.
NW Venezuela ?wintering? North American vultures ? red tag with white
numbers, ALSO pale blue tag with black numbers. Contact: KEITH BILDSTEIN,
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Acopian Center for Conservation Learning, 410
Summer Valley Road, Orwigsburg, PA 17961 U.S.A. (EM: [log in to unmask]
, PH: 570-943-3411 ext. 108).
To try to look at the migration of North American vultures from the
southern end, in the North American winters of 2006-07 and 2008-09 over
300 vultures were tagged in Venezuela, with red tags at the Maracaibo zoo,
and with pale blue tags at Barquisemeto, in a cooperative project between
Venezuela researchers and Hawk Mountain Sanctuary researchers. We thank
you for your observations! R. WAYNE NELSON (EM: [log in to unmask], PH
780-672-4363).
Dr. John Curnutt
Regional Wildlife Ecologist
USDA Forest Service Eastern Region
626 East Wisconsin Avenue - 7th Floor
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53203
Phone: 414-297-4149
FAX: 414-944-3963
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
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