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Aegithalos caudatus
Today I had the opportunity to be involved in bird ringing! Under super vision of my Biology lecturers at university, mist nets were used to capture specimens, which were bagged and quickly ringed. As students, we were taught the 'ringers grip' (a safe, un-harmful way to handle birds). All ringing was done under the BTO Licence, and no birds were harmed. Unfortunately, I didn't manage to get a photo of Goldcrest (Regulus regulus) that was caught! Fantastic to see, but no photos to show for it.
Spotted on Mar 5, 2014
Submitted on Mar 5, 2014
8 Comments
Thank you Nayeli !
Pretty!!
Thank you DanielePralong !
Thanks! Good luck with your next ringing experience.
Love your posts! Unfortunately, ringing this bird meant that we didn't get to see it with the flock, as it was netted. They are highly social birds, I love watching them interact as groups!
I hope you have another chance soon! These are lovely little birds; 2 days ago I had the luck of spotting 2 different subspecies of these, together:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/176...
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/181...
it was so good! I'd love to do it again! Holding wild animals is such a great experience.
Great experience Sam10! Thanks for your notes.