You can report sightings of sea gulls with colour bands in the Salish Sea as part of a BC-wide project.
Called the Salish Sea Gull Project, it focuses on banding adult and juvenile gulls along many parts of BC, where researchers can investigate their movement, site fidelity, and survival across the Salish Sea and beyond.
Environment and Climate Change Canada says staff have banded the gulls along the North Coast, Haida Gwaii, Metro Vancouver, Vancouver Island, and the Sunshine Coast.
For this field season, they say that they are asking you to assess both the health and habitat use of Short-billed, Glaucous-winged, and California Gulls in the Salish Sea by reporting a sighting.
After seeing one of the gulls, you can report when you saw the gull, the location, time, and anything you have noticed about its behavior.
They hope through these sightings, it can support their research into the species.
Gulls have two plastic colour bands on their left leg and a colour band over a metal band on their right leg.
For where to report your sightings, click here.
