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  1. J

    A problem with Ecotone nets??

    My experience with several Ecotone nets I've used for an extended period (8 years) might interest others. I originally posted it to a Facebook group, but realised it could strike a chord with some ringers here. I'm hoping to find if others have had the same experience. After about three to...
  2. J

    Raptor destruction by windfarms i S. France

    LPO Aude have started a petition against further development of windfarms in Aude, following the discovery that large numbers of raptors are beiing killed. https://secure.avaaz.org/fr/petition/Prefet_de_lAude_Moratoire_sur_linstallation_deoliennes_industrielles_dans_lAude/
  3. J

    Hunting crime in UK?

    Unless I'm much mistaken, there's a schedule 1 bird in this "bag". What does everyone else make of it? https://twitter.com/hornerj197/status/528648002865741824/photo/1
  4. J

    Lebanon obscenity

    How many red listed species in this collection one wonders? https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152678498546798&set=a.10150710291776798.452240.569996797&type=1
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    Tahiti Monarch

    This species is certainly facing extinction if conservation efforts fail. Readers of this forum night be interested in: http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=277673
  6. J

    American guns now pointed at Snowy Owls.

    http://www.thepetitionsite.com/426/609/522/immediately-end-the-killing-of-snowy-owls-at-jfk-airport/?z00m=20685745 :C
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    Important, even though O/T

    There is an ePetition on the UK government website that needs support from all those interested in birds. If it gets to 100,000 there can be a parliamentary debate on the subject. http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/23089
  8. J

    Primary with bent rachis - no problem

    While ringing at my STOCcapture site (French version of CES) today I had occasion to use an old pigeon fancier's/falconer's trick for straightening bent feather rachii. The situation came about under a strange set of circumstances indeed. My site is in an orchard close, but not adjacent, to a...
  9. J

    Banding in LA area

    I'm going to be in Culver City for 4 weeks from next Thursday. I'd very much like to get in touch with any banders who might be operating nearby. A PM to me here on "Birdforum" will do nicely. Thanks, John Morgan
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    Banding in LA area.

    I'm going to be in Culver City for 4 weeks from next Thursday. I'd very much like to get in touch with any banders who might be operating nearby. A PM to me here on "Birdforum" will do nicely. Thanks, John Morgan
  11. J

    Bearded Reedling

    Bearded Parrotbill As the antecedents of this bird are unlikely to be Timalid, never mind Paradoxornith, is it not time to change to the name Reedling for this unique species. The fact of the matter is that its international name, which replaced Tit a few years back, is just as incorrect now as...
  12. J

    Did you buy anything plastic today?

    No Comment. http://www.chrisjordan.com/current_set2.php?id=11
  13. J

    Fledging orphaned Swift - advice welcome.

    I have just been given an orphaned Swift/Pallid Swift that tried to fledge too soon. Wing length 127 mm with outer pp showing considerable sheath Body mass 42 g. Apart from skimming dead insects off the local swimming pools in the village for feeding, and waiting for the wings to grow to 145 mm...
  14. J

    Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark

    I have made some alterations to the text. One area that needs adjusting is that for vagrancy, as I seem to recall this species has turned up unexpectedly here and there.
  15. J

    Digital balances - caution needed.

    This note concerns a recent problem I experienced with a top-pan digital scale. It should serve to warn fellow users of the necessity to calibrate frequently, perhaps before and after processing birds from each net round within a session. The model I have is 500 g. equipped with three function...
  16. J

    Bird strikes on window glass

    The following URL links to asite holding a fairly large .pdf, "BirdSafeBuildingGuidelines" so don't download unless you have ADSL or a free connection. The report details a new product "CollideEscape" (intentional pun?) that may solve many of the problems some of us have. It features at a...
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    Bird strikes on window glass.

    The following URL links to asite holding a fairly large .pdf, "BirdSafeBuildingGuidelines" so don't download unless you have ADSL or a free connection. The report details a new product "CollideEscape" (intentional pun?) that may solve many of the problems some of us have. It features at a...
  18. J

    Habitat choice by migrant Sedge Warblers

    I see from the CHOG website: http://www.chog.org.uk/Pages/Sightings.htm that migrant Sedge Warblers are behaving bizarrely, forsaking the reeds for other habitat. Normally this date in August would see big reedbed catches for ringing but the website reports a near blank yesterday...
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    Mist net tips

    As I go round the globe visiting ringers and banders sites, I'm often struck by the inefficiency of their mist net handling. Over the years I've cobbled together an efficient system (that from time to time I still refine). I mostly learnt the separate components from others - especially...
  20. J

    Greetings from John Morgan in the Midi.

    I've traded my national scheme ringing permit yet again and now hold a French one. Just about to embark on my 51st year of bird ringing - years that include odd sorties bird banding (Canada and Australia)! You have probably guessed in which forum I shall be posting. Well, most of the time.
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