One of the several thousand ring-billed gulls at the Lorain marina this afternoon had an orange tag at the base of each wing which projected from under the tertials. It also appeared to have a conventional aluminum band on the right leg but was too distant to be certain. Does anyone know whose research project the bird "belongs" to? Craig Caldwell Westlake ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]