The last 2 months I have been spending a crazy amount of time out in the field trying to catch birds for a project which aims to determine just how much heat our Fynbos birds can take - and I'll have a complete post on that another day. For the last couple of weeks I've been lucky to have the assistance of Pauline, a trainee ringer from France, who is very talented with the birds. For the moment, and for my amusement as much as yours....
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| Innocent Cape Rockjumper sits all unaware on a rock |
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| Pauline slowly creeps up on the unsuspecting bird... |
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| ... slowly extends her hand |
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| ... and then goes for the grab - quick as a flash |
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| Gotcha! |
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| .. and then off to the lab |
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She's not always so lucky - this Familiar Chat was too quick and
got away.
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Actually, all I've done is upload a
bird release sequence in reverse – it's more fun that way.
Hahaha, you got me! Because we used to catch whydahs and Damara terns by hand. ...it seemed quite plausible!
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