Oldest Ring-billed Gull on Record Discovered by Cleveland Birder | Audubon

Resighting live birds away from the colony, especially those with such tiny bands, is also difficult. “These small metal bands are best read in the hand,” says Erin Giese, senior research specialist at University of Wisconsin-Green Bay’s Cofrin Center for Biodiversity. “The fact that [Slusarczyk] was able to resight the band was tremendous on its own.”

Source: Oldest Ring-billed Gull on Record Discovered by Cleveland Birder | Audubon