I have had a couple of part days of banding down here near Queenstown, with more success than I had expected. Yesterday Sat 12th I caught 31 birds of 6 species and today 20 birds of 5 species with a couple of recaps as well, only 1 day after being banded but they still qualify as recaptures.
The combined totals are -
Blackbird - 2
Song Thrush - 3
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| The first bird caught was this Song Thrush |
House Sparrow - 24 (1)
Chaffinch - 13 (1)
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| Of the 13 Chaffinch caught 9 were males |
Goldfinch - 2
Dunnock - 2
Yellowhammer - 2
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| Both the Yellowhammers were brilliant adult males, no wonder some people mistake them for Yellowheads. |
Silvereye - 4
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