[EBB Sightings] Richmond Bay Trail and Albany Mudflats

It did look unusually large for a band. That must be a flag then.
Thanks for pointing that out. I'll report the sighting to the Program.

Wen Hsu

> On Nov 14, 2007, at 6:53 AM, Joseph Morlan wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:21:45 -0800, Wen Hsu   
> wrote:
>> Today (11/13) at Albany Mudflats, there was a Western Sandpiper with
>> a yellow band on its left leg.
> Was that a band or a flag?  A yellow flag indicates birds banded in  
> Peru
> under the Pan American Shorebird Program.
> -- 
> Joseph Morlan, Pacifica, CA 94044   jmorlan (at) ccsf.edu
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