A few weeks ago I wrote a post about a banded seagull that we saw down in St. Peter’s Square. Several of you offered information with contact information for reporting seagull sightings.
I was happy to send off the details of the gull that we saw and see if it could help.
I heard back from Dr. Julie Ellis the other day. This is what she had to say…
Thanks very much for this report. K18 was banded on Appledore island as a chick on July 10, 2011. So, we know this bird is 4 yrs old. Before your observation, we only have one other resight of this bird after it was banded: Hampton Beach, NH 9/16/2012. So, yours is only the second resight of this bird! Very cool. These resights help us understand how long gulls live, where they go when they’re not on Appledore, how many chicks they have, what proportion return to nest on the island, and other important aspects of their biology. I have done some studies of disease in the gulls, but most of the data we get will be used for studies of population,biology and ecology of the birds.
Here is my original post…if you are interested
https://goodmorninggloucester.wordpress.com/2015/08/28/for-the-birds/
Here is a link for reading more about the Gulls of Appledore
https://gullsofappledore.wordpress.com/
Joey has captured a couple of banded gulls also….Check out his here….
Good Morning Gloucester 
Great posts Nichole and keeping my eyes out now for bandings!
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I actually saw a banded gull. On Wingaersheek in August. I asked a friend who works in Fish, Game and Wildlife if he knew why this was done. He didn’t know. Thanks for the info, maybe it was the same one.
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Wow shows your the distance they travel the coast lines – they always like to face into the wind quicker takeoff and excellent eyesight not to mention they do leave a little something for you top remember they were here! 🙂 Dave & Kim 🙂
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