Extreme mist-netting (1 Viewer)

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YourBirdOasis

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• Nov 17, 2010

• #1

This is a type of mist-netting used to catch birds that live underneath bridges (don't worry no birds were hurt in the making of this video). Pretty cool!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyfe5Sg9t0Y

 

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citrinella

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• Nov 18, 2010

• #2

Mind the power lines !

 

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John Morgan

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• Nov 18, 2010

• #3

I first saw this method described in Eliot McClure's classic book.

Watching the video reminded me of the technique I use for Phalaropes - can't think why. The net is submerged under the water surface of a pool with bird or birds, and lifted out when one or more swims over it, the pole holders moving toward one another to make a hanging bag in the net.

Another use for a horizontal mobile net is catching Jack Snipe, or for birds like larks roosting in stubble or short vegetation. It works - I have a Jack Snipe recovery from Lancs. to N. Ireland to prove it

 

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Mark Grantham

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• Nov 18, 2010

• #4

Or the other alternative is to lift the net out of the water, as we did to catch an unwanted Black-throated Diver on an inland fishing lake.

 

jurek

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• Nov 18, 2010

• #5

Two friends told me how they walked with a mist-net to catch Dippers over small streams in N Poland in freezing cold winter.

But they had only one pair of wellies between them. So, as they moved along, occassionally one had to carry another to the other shore. Crossing the slippery stream, only marginally shallower than the boots is not easy, much less carrying another bloke and lots of birding gear. So occassionally they slipped and there were lots of combinations. Sometimes, they both got wet. Sometimes, the lower one dropped the boot-less friend into the freezing water. Sometimes, the upper one made a jump to the shore, pushing the other down into water...

 

NicoleVG

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• Nov 18, 2010

• #6

Wow! Must have a hell of a time untangling them!

 

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John Morgan

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• Nov 19, 2010

• #7

NicoleVG said:

Wow! Must have a hell of a time untangling them!

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Doubtful. Hirundines are the easiest species to remove from a net, bar none - provided one is employing the correct mesh size

 

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YourBirdOasis

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• Nov 20, 2010

• #8

NicoleVG - it is pretty easy to untangle them given their long wing length. The only problem is if they go through several baskets.

John - The size of the mist nets were 38mm.