Confetti legs
Researchers track Red Knots and other shorebirds with colored bands
Contributed by Paul Kerlinger
Published:
May 1, 2004
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Contributing Editor Paul Kerlinger explains how scientists studying Red Knots and other migratory shorebirds use colored leg bands to identify where and when the birds were banded. Researchers with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's Endangered and Nongame Species Program capture and band shorebirds in Delaware Bay every spring. Kerlinger tells what birdwatchers should look for on color-banded birds and how to report them to the Bird Banding Laboratory.
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