A Trip to Moravia, NY in search of a Ring-bill Gull & a Transmitter - 8/20/11

[Carol P.]

http://goeland.uqam.ca/

Here is the website explaining why the Ring-bill Gulls are being banded and given transmitters.  The study is being run by the University of Quebec at Montreal.

[margaret]

Just looked through the album ofyour  Montezuma road trip.  Unbelivable pictures, MAK!   Lucky you!   
Each pic was fabulous.     
Are we going to have to rename this site, Ocam  ?    You and Carol are falling in love with the ospreys.  They are  gorgeous, but so are the eagles, and the falcons, and the waxwings, and the  hummers, and the conures, and the cockatiel...etc,  etc...etc.   can we go on?   :-)  How about ALL THINGS BIRD!?

[jeanne]

I really enjoyed this photo story.  Wonder where the transmitter is?

Paul

Thanks Paul.  The transmitter that was on this gull is almost exactly the same as Quests.  It is solar powered, so it must be getting sun at least part of the day.  We are wondering if it might be up higher in the bushes or trees.  Maybe not on the ground.  When we go back in the fall, after the leaves fall, maybe we'll see it.

Carol, do they think the transmitter is still on the bird or that the bird,perhaps, was able to free itself from it?  Excellent photo album!!  You guys are adventurers!

[Bobbie Ireland]

   I had a banner day and the only thing that would have made it better is if you all could have been there too!    Bobbie as soon as I saw that diner I thought of you and the Highland diner!  And Donna as we were walking through the tall grass looking for that transmitter we brought up the fact that there were probably snakes around so that made me think of you! lol    

Birds! American diners! Birding buddies! Life is good!!

[valhalla]

   Great job, MAK! 

[Shaky]

I really enjoyed this photo story.  Wonder where the transmitter is?

Paul

Thanks Paul.  The transmitter that was on this gull is almost exactly the same as Quests.  It is solar powered, so it must be getting sun at least part of the day.  We are wondering if it might be up higher in the bushes or trees.  Maybe not on the ground.  When we go back in the fall, after the leaves fall, maybe we'll see it.

Here's what you need. Got $995?

http://www.com-spec.com/ARGOS_PTT_FINDER_AL_1/ARGOS_PTT_FINDER_AL_1__8_5x11_color_brochure.pdf

[Bobbie Ireland]

I really enjoyed this photo story.  Wonder where the transmitter is?

Paul

Thanks Paul.  The transmitter that was on this gull is almost exactly the same as Quests.  It is solar powered, so it must be getting sun at least part of the day.  We are wondering if it might be up higher in the bushes or trees.  Maybe not on the ground.  When we go back in the fall, after the leaves fall, maybe we'll see it.

Here's what you need. Got $995?

http://www.com-spec.com/ARGOS_PTT_FINDER_AL_1/ARGOS_PTT_FINDER_AL_1__8_5x11_color_brochure.pdf

Just checked the pocket money - here ya go... (Not possible to do this with a couple of tin cans and a string, huh? Never knew how that worked either...)

[MAK]

   Thanks for the kind words everyone! I am truly blessed to see all these sights and I'm more than happy to share my adventures with all of you. Nature deserves the kudos tho for it puts on the show, all I have to do is click away!  And what a fine show it gave us on Saturday!!!

 

[Carol P.]

I really enjoyed this photo story.  Wonder where the transmitter is?

Paul

Thanks Paul.  The transmitter that was on this gull is almost exactly the same as Quests.  It is solar powered, so it must be getting sun at least part of the day.  We are wondering if it might be up higher in the bushes or trees.  Maybe not on the ground.  When we go back in the fall, after the leaves fall, maybe we'll see it.

Carol, do they think the transmitter is still on the bird or that the bird,perhaps, was able to free itself from it?  Excellent photo album!!  You guys are adventurers!

Hey Jeanne!  Thanks!  I have a feeling that the gull is probably dead.  Assuming that the feathers we saw belonged to him.  Not sure if the transmitter is still on the gull or not.  We were looking for a dead gull and just a transmitter.  I hope we can find it the next time we look.