This presumed definitive-alternate Herring
Gull Larus a. smithsonianus was photographed at
La Marque, Texas on April 3, 2000. As you can see it is color-banded:
Right Leg: just above the foot was a metal band (data not discerned);
still on the tarsus but just below the tarsus/tibia joint was
an unmarked orangy-yellow band. Left leg: two bands on the tarsus
resting above the foot; the lower band was unmarked green; the
upper band was red with "R4" written sideways in white
letters (repeated about 3 or 4 times); does anyone know the banding
location/date for this bird?:
