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        Discussion Area 討論區 >> Conservation 自然保育 >>  Leg-flagged Curlew Sandpiper in Macau
        
(Message started by: Project Officer on May 6^th, 2003, 10:50am)

Title: Leg-flagged Curlew Sandpiper in Macau
Post by Project Officer on May 6^th, 2003, 10:50am

For members' reference, please find attached message on report of flag sighting.

Members who found flagged waders are welcome to report to
http://www.tasweb.com.au/awsg/index.htm. and copy to the coordinator of Waterbird Monitoring Programme at hkbws@hkbws.org.hk

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Date: Mon, 05 May 2003 15:50:11 +0900

From: Simba Chan
Subject: Fwd: Curlew Sandpiper 30/04/03 - Report of flag sighting to Observer

>From: AWSG Leg Flag Sightings
>c/o Clive Minton,
>165 Dalgetty Rd.,
>Beaumaris, VIC 3193
>Australia
>
>Phone/Fax: 61 3 9589 4901
>Email: mintons@ozemail.com.au
>

>
>Dear Mr. Leung, Va,
>
>Thank you for recording the details of the flagged wader that was recently
>sighted. We appreciate your action in reporting this information, which
>will contribute to our understanding of the migration of birds in the East
>Asian-Australasian Flyway.
>
>Please check the information given below and advise me if any details
>appear incorrect.
>
>A Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea was sighted by Mr. Leung, Va at:
>Taipa-Coloane Wetland, Macao, People's Republic of China 22deg 11min 0sec
>N, 113deg 32min 0sec E on 30/04/03 with flag(s) as follows:
>
>LEFT leg: nothing/unknown on tibia (upper) above nothing/unknown on tarsus
>RIGHT leg: orange flag on tibia (upper) above nothing/unknown on tarsus
>
>This bird was flagged in Victoria (Australia), approximate co-ordinates
>38deg 0min S, 145deg 0min E, which uses the flag combination Orange,
>sometime since January 1990.
>
>The resighting was a distance of approximately 7457 km, with a bearing of
>328 degrees, from the marking location.
>
>Age: Adult.
>
>
>
>Thank you for contributing to the Australasian Wader Studies Group
>migration research program. More information on the Group's activities and
>a form you can use to submit sighting reports electronically can be found
>via http://www.tasweb.com.au/awsg/index.htm.
>
>Please do not hesitate to contact me should you wish to know more about
>the activities of the Australasian Wader Studies Group.
>
>The Australasian Wader Studies Group has now assumed responsibility for
>processing all leg flag markings in Australia under agreement with, and
>with limited financial support from, Environment Australia which is the
>Environment Portfolio of the Commonwealth Government of Australia.
>
>Yours sincerely,
>Clive Minton, Australasian Wader Studies Group
>
>Processed 05/05/2003, our reference: 00005018 (UNK65914).

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