We had a pretty good session at the Quarry Friday morning, when it was mostly calm and sunny. The sun was on the nets at times but I don't think anyone was complaining. We were a small group, Kenny, Ruud and myself along with Ririka a Japanese student learning about banding and NZ birds. We also had visits from Jan and Rod and his daughter visiting from Dunedin.
Even with only 2 nets up (1x12m 1x6m) we were kept busy. We processed a total of 51 birds of 4 species, and all except 2 were new. The majority were Silvereyes with 43 new birds but only 1 recapture. The recap rate is surprising with over 400 banded in the area this year and over 1000 in the last 3 years, where have all the rest gone?
Other species were House Sparrow with 3 new and 1 recap. The recap was banded as a juvenile on 1 Feb 2018 and is now at 939 days from banding our oldest recap of any species. Two Song Thrush and a solitary Blackbird were the others. Very surprised we didn't catch any Finches at all.
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| Ririka photographing Rudd with "his" Thrush |
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| Ririka about to release the Song Thrush. She is proving to be a delightful young woman to have with us. |
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| And with Kenny and "his" Blackbird |
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