Banding versus No Bands

[Tony Russell <>]

Well Ian, you've got me stuffed!
But, I did see thousands of Banded Stilts, young and old, at Penrice 
Saltfields today. Mostly in the pond where the Phalaropes were Jan - April 
this year. They were all spread out across the pond, not banding together 
in groups.
Tony.




At 04:52  8/10/00 +0930, you wrote:
> Dear Birders
>
>
> With all this rubbish going on about banding versus no banding it should
> be noted that some of the Banded Stilts at Lake Eyre North recently were
> observed with metal leg bands and yellow flags on their legs.   As
> described by Dr Clive Minton in his paper, these birds were apparently
> tagged at Lake Ballard in WA which proves there is at least some
> interaction between West Australian and Eastern Australian populations
> of Banded Stilts.
>
> SO TO BRING SOME SENSE BACK INTO THE BANDING DISCUSSION, observers who
> see large numbers of Banded Stilt should attempt to establish the
> following!  How many unbanded, Banded Stilts are unbanded? and how many
> Banded Stilts without bands are banded? and how many Banded Stilts with
> bands are unbanded? and how many banded, Banded Stilts are banded?   To
> give them them every opportunity to survive without disturbance, none of
> the recently bred Lake Eyre Banded Stilts which at present are all
> unbanded were banded.
>
>
> However it should be noted that unbanded banded stilts with or without
> bands may be juveniles (with grey legs) or non breeding younger adults
> (with pink legs).   And the banded Banded Stilts with or without bands
> could be young adults in breeding plumage or may be older adults that
> retain their bands.
>
>
> Regards
>
>
> Ian May
>
> Birding-Aus is on the Web at
> www.shc.melb.catholic.edu.au/home/birding/index.html
> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message
> "unsubscribe birding-aus" (no quotes, no Subject line)
> to 



   Birding South Australia with Adelaide Birding 4WD
   phone : 08 8337 5959  , o/s 61 8 8337 5959
   e-mail: 
   

Birding-Aus is on the Web at
www.shc.melb.catholic.edu.au/home/birding/index.html
To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message
"unsubscribe birding-aus" (no quotes, no Subject line)
to