West End🦅Dr. Sharpe & Crew Band Triplets🐥🐥🐥Explore.org 2022-04-24

Dr. Sharpe and his crew visited the West End nest located on Santa Catalina Island and banded the triplets. Akecheta and Thunder oversaw the proceedings. Akecheta came back promptly with a small fish.
Per Sr. Sharpe's updates: 1st banded chick 23/D is a male; 2nd banded chick 24/D is the youngest bird, a male; 3rd banded chick is the largest and probably oldest chick, a female.
IWS usually bands males on right leg and females - on left leg.
Criteria used to sexing: beak depth over 32mm and tarsal thickness over 16mm tend to be female.
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Chicks hatched 3/8, 3/10, 3/12
Chicks banded 4/24: 23/D male, 24/D male, 25/D female
Nest info: www.iws.org/we...
Resident male: A-61 Akecheta, hatched in 2016 in the Los Pinos territory, Santa Cruz Island. Parents: A-51 and A-45
Resident female: K-91 Thunder, hatched in 2009 in the Two Harbors territory, Santa Catalina Island. Parents: K-82 Cholyn and K-81 Chase.
The story of Akecheta in pictures: / 2931832933551570
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