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Color-flagged
Hudsonian Godwits and Whimbrels |
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Please Report Color-flagged
Hudsonian Godwits and Whimbrels
Since 2007, we have attached uniquely numbered/lettered, red
color-flags to 790 Godwits and 355 Whimbrels on Chiloé
Island, Chile. Godwits or Whimbrels have also been flagged in
Alaska, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Manitoba, and Virginia.
If you see any of these flagged birds, please submit your observations
to www.bandedbirds.org.
On this site, there are instructions on how to read and report
color-flagged birds, and you can click on “Report Resighting”
to enter your observations. By using this site, to report one
of our flagged godwits or whimbrels, you will immediately know
where and when it was banded.
Banding projects to study migratory shorebirds that make epic
hemispheric journeys have been underway since the mid 1990’s.
In recent years, the birds have been tagged with engraved markers
allowing identification of individuals with spotting scopes.
The combination of banding and resighting data allows greater
understanding of the habitat uses and needs by imperiled species.
With this understanding comes the hope of achieving the protective
actions required to halt, and even reverse, the population decline
exhibited by many shorebird species.
For more information on the Hudsonian Godwit and Whimbrel project
in Chile, contact Brad Andres
(303-275-2324) or Jim Johnson
( 907-786-3423).
Thanks in advance for the assistance.
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