[meetyeti] Fwd: Reporting sightings of collared Bar headed geese

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Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 15:15:23 +0530
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> From: "Hari Sridhar" <hari@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: February 27, 2012 1:59:53 PM GMT+05:30
> To: meet.yeti@xxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Reporting sightings of collared Bar headed geese
> Reply-To: hari@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> Hi,
> 
>   Please post the notice below to the meetyeti list. Thanks.
> 
> 
> Message from Dr. Robert Thomson
> 
> Dear Colleagues and Students,
> Thank you for your continued support in reporting swans and geese that were 
> collared in
> Mongolia. Waterfowl marking programmes continue in Mongolia and all 
> resightings reported
> are extremely valuable as they contribute to a growing dataset that adds to 
> our
> scientific knowledge and helps us to understand and conserve these wonderful 
> birds.
> 
> To date the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) in Mongolia has collared an 
> amazing
> 1,172 individuals of including 583 Bar-headed Geese, 91 Bean Geese, 281 Swan 
> Geese and
> 217 Whooper Swans. At this time of year these birds will be on their 
> wintering grounds
> in India, China and Korea, but will soon begin to return north to Mongolia 
> and Russia.
> In addition, the Wildlife Science and Conservation Centre of Mongolia (WSCC) 
> together
> with the Institute of Biology at the Mongolian Academy of Sciences under the 
> leadership
> of Dr. Tsveenmyadag and Dr. Nyambayar have also been undertaking an intensive 
> marking
> scheme and have collared several hundreds of individuals; so there are plenty 
> of
> collared waterfowl waiting to be observed!
> As the end of winter approaches, we would be very grateful if you could 
> forward any
> information on collared birds that you have seen this winter as well as any 
> future
> resightings as the birds begin to move north. This information should include 
> the
> species, colour of the collar and code, together with the date and place of 
> where the
> bird was observed. We will then respond with information on the bird’s origin 
> as well as
> any prior resightings that we have received.
> Please report sightings to: wcs.neck.collars@xxxxxxxxx and info@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
> Please also
> report the resightings to your local bird club or nature society, which helps 
> to
> generate more interest in the projects.
> Kind regards,
> Robert
> Robert Thomson
> Section of Ecology
> Department of Biology
> University of Turku
> FI-20014 Turku, Finland
> tel. +35823335039
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Hari Sridhar
> Ph.D student
> Centre for Ecological Sciences
> Indian Institute of Science
> Bangalore - 560012
> Karnataka, India
> http://ces.iisc.ernet.in
> 
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[meetyeti] Fwd: Reporting sightings of collared Bar headed geese

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