Bex called in this afternoon on her way back to Te Anau after attending a banding meeting in Wellington. We had time to go to the Moorhill Rd site for a couple of hours. It proved a successful session with 30 birds caught, 20 new and 8 recaptures. But with only 4 species there wasn't much variety and almost all were yellow ones Yellowhammers dominated with 19 new and 6 recaptures. Other birds were a Goldfinch, a House Sparrow and 2 Dunnock recaps.The two Dunnock recaps were banded last week but all the Yellowhammers were banded last year, with the oldest 2 banded on 9 June the first day of banding at this site.
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Bex with one of the Yellow Fellows.
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We did have a couple of other species in a net. A Mallard duck, one of a pair that were hanging around, and one of the resident Roosters made a near fatal mistake. After it had been released I discovered that it was destined for a different future.
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| Bex giving the Rooster his freedom. |
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