A second issue that I discussed with Wanchai is also very important. Robert Van Zalinge is putting on colored bands on wild Eastern Sarus Cranes in Cambodia this winter and he has asked me to be responsible for capture and marking these birds. It is necessary and crucial to make sure that we can distinguish your reintroduced birds from Roberts wild birds. Since all of your banded birds, as described by Wanchai, have their permanent, metal bands located above the hock, I suggested that Robert place his metal bands below the hock on all birds that he captures. We will be using rivet bands that do not fall off so this idea should work even for birds where your previous metal bands have fallen off. This system is simple to coordinate with you, simple to interpret in the field and works for all the birds that you have already banded.