<div dir="auto">That would be a COASST bird. It’s an ongoing project spearheaded by UW.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Carl Haynie</div><div dir="auto">Sammamish, WA</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Sep 24, 2024 at 10:38 AM Lynn Wohlers via Tweeters <<a href="mailto:tweeters@u.washington.edu">tweeters@u.washington.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>On Sunday at Bowman Bay (Deception Pass SP), I saw a dead gull on the beach with a tag that appeared to be tied around its radius and/or ulna. The tag was a small disk with the number "4" inscribed on it. It didn't show any wear and appeared to be made of wood. The dead gull seemed to have washed up with the last high tide. I was mystified by the tag so I sent a message to Tweeters with photos of the bird and tag.</div><div>Because my photo files were too large, the message was rejected. I received a nice note from Elaine Chuang explaining what to do about the photos and better yet - what the tag was. </div><div>I thought I would tell Tweeters readers about it in case anyone sees the same thing and wonders what it is. Elaine explained that this tag "indicates that a member of COASST (Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team, under Julia Parrish at UW) has found, examined and then tagged that carcass so as to exclude it from future survey. They are left on the beach to allow natural processes to take place."</div><div> </div><div>Here's a link to <a href="https://coasst.org/about/our-story/" target="_blank">COASST </a>- the work they're doing to monitor bird population changes is fascinating. They're involved in other projects, like monitoring beach debris, too. </div><div><br></div><div>Photos of the tagged bird are on my <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lynnwohlers/" target="_blank">Flickr page. </a></div><div><br></div><div>thanks,</div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Lynn Wohlers</div><div><br></div>Blogging at <a href="https://bluebrightly.com/" target="_blank">Bluebrightly</a><br></div>Photography on <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lynnwohlers/" target="_blank">Flickr</a></div><div>And at <a href="http://lynn-wohlers.artistwebsites.com" target="_blank">Lynn Wohlers.com</a></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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