I tried so hard to be on the grounds by 6am so that I wouldn't miss another fledge. I arrived at 6:05 to find out that bird #2 had flown out of box at 5:57. Darn. I had no idea that there would be another one fledging just 15 minutes or so later. Nor were any of us expecting #4 to FALL out of the box at 11am!
Below are pictures of just #2, Charlie, being found, banded and released. My camera battery died around 10, so I missed the next two. I will be back downtown for more monitoring of flights tomorrow. Stay tuned!
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| Charlie under the tree near the World Map on the COB. |
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| Charlie on his back before being banded. He fought a bit. |
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| Charlie after banding. |
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| Amelia, fledge#1 sat on this scallop from 6am to 2pm screaming for food. She was finally fed about 2:30. |
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| Charlie on roof of JSMB after banding and being released. |
5 comments:
lol... Charlie did NOT look happy on his back in the box.... ha ha but hopefully he'll get over it! Thanks again for the updates!!!
banding... it means ringing ? :-)
Yacine
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Great photos of Charlie. He almost looks like he's scowling while being banded. Love the photo of him under the tree in the foliage. Someone, a chick I thought?, (because the adults have white under their necks not the light tan), was in the box this a.m. for quite a while. Surprised. Gone now Thanks Liz for your tireless efforts.
Yacine, your blog is amazing! I could never get such good photos with my camera. Yes I suspect banding (identification band, like ring) is the same as ringing. We say wedding band or wedding ring, same thing. :)
really beautiful images .Do you know about video steaming concept.just i known about it.
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