What proportion of waders are flagged? For leg flagging to be a major
cause of the decline in small waders, a large proportion of those
waders must be flagged. I would think that the reduction in the number
of birds is considerably greater than the number of birds that have
been flagged.
Perhaps Phil Straw can provide estimates of the number of birds in each
species of wader that have been flagged, and the proportion of the
wader populations that have been flagged.
Regards, Laurie.
On Thursday, October 4, 2007, at 09:46 AM, Marilyn Davis wrote:
Hello Birding-AusersThe following link describes the major cause for
decline of our small
waders.http://www.shorebirdnetwork.org/leg_flags.htmlVery good, isn't
it. Imagine two large leg flags and a metal band on a phalarope
(relies on its legs to swim), a sanderling (needs its legs to run) or
a stint (needs its legs to walk through floating algae). Make no
mistake; impact on targeted rare and endangered waders from this
destructive practice is just as bad as any random habitat destruction.
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