Karori Cemetery Sat 5 May

 We had a very low tally of birds this morning with nearly as many cats about as there were birds. We caught 8 birds; 4 Tui, 2 Blackbirds and a pair of Eastern Rosella with at least 5 cats in the area. We made no recaptures but a colour banded Tui was sighted which had been banded in June 09. 

Net erecting while Gen distracts one of the cats otherwise it would be in the net.

 

The Moggy



The Eastern Rosella Pair



Taking a Tui's Head-Bill measurment

Monica keeping an eye on the dangerous ends of a tui

David and Kate banding a Blackbird (Brownbird?)

Barry and David adding some bling to a Tui leg