Hi to all,

see message below:

>>Colour ringing of Common and Little Terns in Israel

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>>During summer 2010 we started colour-marking our breeding Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) and Little Tern (Sternula albifrons), in a project >>coordinated by the NPA. We use white rings with specific black codes. This summer was our first experience in trapping flying terns in Israel (not >>pullus). Our first season was a great success; we marked 201 Common and 134 Little Terns. 44 of the Common Terns were pullus and all the >>others were flying birds. As part of our project we are interested to learn more about their African wintering grounds, migration routes and other >>movements.

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>>Little Tern - Ring code:

>>White rings with specific black codes - two types:

>>1. Two random letters, e.g. 'HU', 'PP', 'JA', etc.

>>2. Three letters or digits; first letter is 'A' and two more random letters or digits, e.g. 'AA1', 'AJ8', 'AK0', etc.

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>>Information about Israeli ringed terns or any other information requests should be sent to the Israeli Bird Ringing Center, E-mail: ibrc@inter.net.il