Good morning all,
John Layton’s report of a wing-tagged dead
Galah yesterday evening has prompted me to issue a reminder of what to do when
you find, or see, banded and/or colour tagged birds. If the bird is dead remove the band and /or colour tags if
possible, note which leg (or wing) the bands or tag were on and in which order,
eg red over metal on left leg, blue over yellow on right leg, and WRITE the combinations on a piece of paper
or notebook etc. Record the date
the bird was seen/found, where the
bird was seen/found as accurately as possible (please try and avoid
“local” names as these can be impossible to find on maps etc), how you saw/found the bird, eg dead on
road, seen alive standing on pier, etc, and add your name and address so that
the banding office can get back to you with the original banding details. You
can either post the data to the address on the bands (often this is a bit
cryptic) or contact the banding office here in Canberra
at
or you can give the details to one of the Canberra
banders who will pass the details on. The local banders who usually attend COG
meetings are Richard Allen, Mark Clayton, Anthony Overs and Harvey Perkins There are quite a few other banders
locally and they will also pass on any information to the banding office. Bands
from overseas banding schemes, usually found on dead seabirds or migratory
waders, can also be dealt with by the Australian banding office. Dead “racing”
pigeons are not handled.
If anyone has any queries don’t hesitate to
contact me or any of the other banders, or the banding office.
Mark
