Summary
C. C. Ludwig reported extensive bird-banding work around Beaver Island in the July 1961 Beaver Beacon. The article highlights a Caspian Tern banded on Hat Island on July 5, 1960 and later found on the South Carolina coast.
Evidence and limits
The figures and recovery story come from the newspaper account; original permit, banding, and recovery records are not held here.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, July 1961, “Bird Banding.”Reports C. C. Ludwig and an assistant had banded more than 37,000 herring gulls and approximately 55,000 birds overall under a permit, with Coast Guard assistance and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service supervision. It says a Caspian Tern banded on Hat Island July 5, 1960 was found on a South Carolina ocean beach three months and 18 days later, before it could fly. The report is a retrospective account, not the original banding or recovery record.