We had a session this morning in Jan & John's garden on the rim of the Halswell Quarry. It was a very busy session from the start with constant stream of birds into the nets. The total was 101 with 94 new and 3 recap Silvereyes, a new Bellbird and 1 recap; a House Sparrow and a Blackbird both new. All the recaps were banded about a year ago with all except 1 being banded in this garden and the other was banded down in the Conservation area of the Quarry about 1km away.
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| Todays team. Ruud, Kenny, Jan our hostess, Andrew and Susan during our only break. |
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| Susan who is a Vet has just taken a sample from a Silvereye that had an unusual growth on a foot in the hope of discovering the pathogen causing the problem |
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| The Bellbird recap had a very sharp spike on a primary indicating an old bird. It also had a white covert feather. |
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