March Monthly Meeting - Bird Ringing with Peter Nupen

Peter Nupen and his wife Nicky joined us for Wednesday nights meeting.  Peter gave us a wonderful presentation showing many of the birds that he has rung over the years and explained the diagnostic elements they look for while ringing.  

 Nicky, visitor Emma, Peter and Pam

The next morning, Peter and Nicky were up early to set up the mist nets and gave us a fascinating look at how it is all done.

Putting up the mist nets early in the morning.

White-eye in the net ready to be rung.

Peter carefully removes the bird from the soft net.  Years of experience means he does not hurt the little one at all.

The bird is then carefully put into a soft bag from keeping until ready for processing.

Back at the table, Peter is fully kitted out with what he needs to take down all the necessary info.  The processing begins.

 First the birds are weighed in the bag and then the bag is weighed seperately to get the actual weight of the bird.

The bird immediately gets his new bling.  A lovely little bracelet that has its unique number, the word CAPE TOWN and SAFRING on it.  If it is ever caught again, the catcher will know exactly where it comes from.

Our two white-eyes that were rung have the following numbers:  AM92744 and AM92745.