Re: 1998 North West Wader Expedition

[Mark Barter <>]

Phil,

Or a bird banded elsewhere within Australia, eg. a wader originally banded
in Victoria and retrapped at Broome is a control.

Mark Barter

At 15:17 2/12/98 +0800, you wrote:
>Hi there Philip,
>                       The word control is the term applied when the bird is
>a re-trap that was originally caught and banded in another country.
>Cheers
>Phil Joy         
>P O Box 1510
>Broome
>W A            6725
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Philip A Veerman <>
>To: Phil Joy <>
>Date: Wednesday, 2 December 1998 7:19
>Subject: Re: 1998 North West Wader Expedition
>
>
>>Thanks for that, it would be great to experience. I have to ask as I cannot
>>even guess, what is meant by the word "controls" in the context "Notable
>>controls were: Terek Sandpiper - Hong Kong,
>>>Curlew Sandpiper - Hong Kong, 2 Red Knot - Hong Kong ( one of which had
>>been
>>>controlled at Broome before, on the 1994 expedition)".
>
>