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Take a look at some of the exciting banding station happenings!
A broad-winged hawk was caught in the summer of 2009. It was much bigger than the birds that are usually caught in the nets. Since the hawk was so big, a bag was placed around its head before it was freed from the net. The hawk had very strong and sharp talons, and a sharp hooked beak (which it couldn't use- much-, since its head was in a bag) but it was fairly calm as it was removed from the net. Mr. Chace had to use his largest bird-banding pliers to close the band around the bird's leg. See below for photos and a short video clip of the hawk's release!
A broad-winged hawk was caught in the summer of 2009. It was much bigger than the birds that are usually caught in the nets. Since the hawk was so big, a bag was placed around its head before it was freed from the net. The hawk had very strong and sharp talons, and a sharp hooked beak (which it couldn't use- much-, since its head was in a bag) but it was fairly calm as it was removed from the net. Mr. Chace had to use his largest bird-banding pliers to close the band around the bird's leg. See below for photos and a short video clip of the hawk's release!
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Here is the hawk. This is how the hawk looked as we walked up to the net to bag it. Look at how wide those wings stretch! |
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Here we are measuring the hawk's tail. |
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Banding the hawk: the biggest pliers had to be used, along with a very large band. |
Updated 2/10/2010 16:00