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Research About Birds
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Tagged
Turkey Vultures |
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| The University of
California Davis - Wildlife Health Center began a statewide
study in 2008 looking at heavy metal exposure in scavenging
birds. The Turkey Vulture is one of the species that has been
live trapped, tagged, and monitored. |
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| The Turkey Vultures
are fitted with "large white with black-numbers" patagial
(axillary) tags that are easily visible in flight and when perched.
Numbers can usually be easily read with binoculars and/or spotting
scopes. |
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Please report any
sightings with exact location, observer's name, date, and tag
number to BOTH the BBL
and these two researchers:
Pete Bloom (master bander)
Terra Kelly
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| (The BBL (Bird Banding
Laboratory) has instructions on how to report the sighting of
an axiliary marked bird to the BBL.) |
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