[Tweeters] Port Orchard Caspian Terns

[John Riegsecker via Tweeters]

All,

The past few weeks the morning tides were high enough they forced the 
terns arriving for the day to within a hundred yards of the path which 
made it easy to count them and photograph leg bands.  The highest count 
was 405 birds.  For the year I have photographed 38 birds with readable 
codes, and 3 with an older system of banding.  The majority of the birds 
were banded at East Sand Island, Bellingham, Walla Walla and one at 
Dungeness Spit.  There was one notable exception.  Here is part of an 
email I received on one of the birds:

Thank you so much for reporting this bird to BBL. It is an exciting 
resight. This 13-year old individual was banded as a chick in the Copper 
River Delta in Alaska. The bird was one of just 5 individuals that 
received a field-readable band that year so it is pretty incredible that 
you found it.

John Riegsecker
Gig Harbor
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John Riegsecker