Banding Process

This page outlines the capture and banding process. More photos and descriptions will be added soon.

• Photo taken by C. Meehan
• The birds are caught in mist nets, which are very lightweight and hard to see... for birds and humans.
• Cropped from a photo by J. Smith
• They are then placed in small cloth bags. The seams of the bags are placed on the outside to avoid snagging the bird's feet or beak.
• Cropped from a photo by J. Smith
• After all the nets have been checked, the birds are carried back to the banding station and placed on the appropriate hooks. There is a hook for each net. The number of the hook and that of the net must match, as the net number is part of the data recorded.

Updated 2/10/2010 16:00