Certification of Appreciation for reporting Banded Herring Gull...

I like to share my banded birds information in the hopes of encouraging others to report any birds they see with a band. Reporting banded birds provides valuable scientific information as researchers use the sighting to map out the traveling/migration patterns of a banded subject. Here is some information I recently received on a banded Herring Gull, that I photographed at Heckscher State Park on Long Island back in August 2012. You may report a banded bird to Patuxent Wildlife Research Center Bird Banding Laboratory.