{"id":48449,"date":"2017-09-14T05:30:57","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T11:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=48449"},"modified":"2023-05-04T14:37:29","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T20:37:29","slug":"caspian-tern-banded-at-malheur-nwr-flying-over-bear-river-mbr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2017\/09\/14\/caspian-tern-banded-at-malheur-nwr-flying-over-bear-river-mbr\/","title":{"rendered":"Caspian Tern Banded at Malheur NWR Flying over Bear River MBR"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CaspianCaspian Tern Band K101 in flight over Bear River MBR with insert – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/4000, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

While attempting to photograph Forster’s Terns in flight and diving for prey at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge on September 5, 2017 I also photographed one other tern species, a Caspian Tern that I spotted flying towards me caught my eye and I started photographing it from a long way away in the hopes it would fly in in closer.<\/p>\n

Although I didn’t see it at the time I photographed this bird in flight the Caspian Tern did fly in close enough for me to capture images that showed it had bands on its legs. Yesterday I reported the band to two locations, BRNW Banded Birds\u00a0 – Caspian Terns<\/span><\/a> and to the official Federal Government site at https:\/\/www.pwrc.usgs.gov\/BBL\/bblretrv\/<\/span><\/a>. The reason that I reported the tern to both sites is that the government site can take days, weeks or even months to send back information on banded birds and I hoped that the other site might be faster. I was right.<\/p>\n

I heard back from Yasuko Suzuki<\/span><\/a>, Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Oregon Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife and Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon just a few hours later and she provided me with some information about the banded Caspian Tern I sighted flying over the marshes at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"MapMap showing distance between Malheur NWR and Bear River MBR<\/span><\/p>\n

Yasuko emailed me this information:<\/p>\n

Hi Mia,<\/em><\/p>\n

Thank you very much for reporting and sending photos of a banded Caspian tern from Utah! The bird was banded as a chick at Malheur Lake in eastern Oregon in 2012. It is great to learn he\/she is spending some time in the Great Salt Lake area. The code does look KY01, but because all alphanumeric codes we have used are letter-number-number-number, I think it is K101.<\/em><\/p>\n

If you happen to see the same bird again or any other color-banded Caspian terns, please let me know. Thank you again for your report!<\/em><\/p>\n

Yasuko<\/em><\/p>\n

Yasuko Suzuki<\/em>
\n Postdoctoral Research Associate<\/em>
\n Oregon Cooperative Fish and wildlife Research Unit<\/em>
\n Department of Fisheries and Wildlife<\/em>
\n Oregon State University<\/em>
\n 104 Nash Hall<\/em>
\n Corvallis, OR 97331<\/em><\/p>\n

When I sent in my report I wasn’t 100% sure about all of the characters in the code on the band, I could easily make out the K, the second character looked like a Y to me because of the shadow on the band, I could make out the O as the third character and the last character I thought could be a 1, Y or a 7. I am glad Yasuko was able to make out the code from the images I had attached to my report. When I look at the images now I can clearly make out the K101.<\/p>\n

It tickled me to know that the Caspian Tern I found had been banded at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge<\/span><\/a> and showed up at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge<\/span><\/a> five years later and that it had come from one of our National Wildlife Refuges in Oregon to another one of our National Wildlife Refuges in Utah. This tern hatched on our public lands and I found it again on more of our public lands.<\/p>\n

I’ve been reporting banded bird sightings since around 2005, at the time I lived in Florida and saw banded Red Knots and other banded birds quite often. I don’t see nearly as many banded birds here in Utah as I did there but when I do and report them I am always excited to get information back on where the bird was banded, how old it was and if it had been resighted in between banding and my report.<\/p>\n

Maybe I will find this Caspian Tern (they can live 25 years) or one of the other terns banded at Malheur again one day, you never know what you will see or find while out photographing birds.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Caspian Tern photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Although I didn’t see it at the time I photographed this bird in flight the Caspian Tern did fly in close enough for me to capture images that showed it had bands on its 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