Great photo!
I think this bird was banded in Yancheng NNR,Jiangsu province,China.A total of Three sites have band sauders's gull in China mainland,as far as know.
1、Shuangtaizihekou NNR,Panjin,Liaoning province. one leg with an engraved Red flag and a color-band on another leg(recent years). to get Both the flag number and the color of the color-band can id the individuals. they tied only a red-band on the leg some years ago,the gulls must be old birds if still alive.
2、Huanghe delta NNR，Dongying，Shandong province. one leg with an engraved green flag
3、Yancheng NNR，Jiangsu province. one leg with an engraved blue flag
Except china,Japan also banding saunder'gull, one leg with a Yellow engraved flag,as far as know.
[ Last edited by kestrel at 23/02/2010 16:52 ]
