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They don't mention it in the article, but the birds were likely captured using mist nets (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mist_net https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M
by goodcanadian 3y ago
They don't mention it in the article, but the birds were likely captured using mist nets (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mist_net https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mist_net). It is a standard technique:
In total, about 18 birds were found at three sites during the expedition.
- is_true 3y agoI know nets are cheap, but, why don't use cameras instead?
- lumpa 3y agoThe nets are much more successful in capturing all sorts of birds at once, with little effort, even in environments where you wouldn't get clear line of sight for photos and/or for species that don't sit still for long enough. Handling the birds makes for far better identification (and more detailed pictures too), which is important for places where unknown, hard to identify or hard to detect species are likely to exist. It also allows taking measurements, banding the birds and even collecting tissue samples. So nets are a far better ROI for some scientific projects.