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My Friday outing          Uncle AJ's Rolex, Wrist Watch & Nature Forum Forum Index -> Bird photos View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message uncle aj Keeper of lost marbles Status: Adrian Favourite Watch: TT GMT Ceramic Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 4524 Location: Work, Saudi Arabia..Home Bolton, England Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 5:56 pm    Post subject: My Friday outing Today I went with a group of people to Jarim Islands in the Arabian Gulf.  Our main objective was to ring lesser-crested terns and we managed to do 450.  I have just got back and I'm very tired so I'll just post a few preliminary pictures.  More to follow soon. One of the two Coastguard boats we used, this one carried a documentary film crew. A bridled tern coming back to its nest scrape. One of the bridled terns watching its nest. Just some of the thousands of lesser-crested terns on the island. Our certified ringer, Dr. Brendan Kavanagh with one of the 450 birds we ringed today. _________________ I'd feel lost without my GPS Uncle AJ's, an equal opportunity dictatorship. It wasn't a dress!! Back to top uncle aj Keeper of lost marbles Status: Adrian Favourite Watch: TT GMT Ceramic Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 4524 Location: Work, Saudi Arabia..Home Bolton, England Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 9:12 am    Post subject: Here are some more pictures of the trip. On the way The island appears out of the dust Bridled terns Lesser-crested terns _________________ I'd feel lost without my GPS Uncle AJ's, an equal opportunity dictatorship. It wasn't a dress!! Back to top Tools Keeper of lost marbles Status: Larry Joined: 30 Aug 2007 Posts: 2308 Location: The Desert Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 4:10 pm    Post subject: Great adventure... And some great shots.. I really like the one of the approach and landing on the rock.... Looks like the landscape around here...minus any birds... _________________ - Chill, We're all friends here... #12   Back to top ABS Old hand Status: "Mireyna" Favourite Watch: the ones that work right! Joined: 11 Sep 2007 Posts: 911 Location: USA Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 4:37 pm    Post subject: Great pictures! How do you catch the birds to "ring" them? _________________ #23 Back to top uncle aj Keeper of lost marbles Status: Adrian Favourite Watch: TT GMT Ceramic Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 4524 Location: Work, Saudi Arabia..Home Bolton, England Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 4:50 pm    Post subject: ABS wrote: Great pictures! How do you catch the birds to "ring" them? With the baby terns, you just pick them up off the ground.  Here's a few in a plastic basket, ready to be ringed. These guys had just been released Any stragglers were ushered back into the crèche, it was marvellous to watch. _________________ I'd feel lost without my GPS Uncle AJ's, an equal opportunity dictatorship. It wasn't a dress!! Back to top ABS Old hand Status: "Mireyna" Favourite Watch: the ones that work right! Joined: 11 Sep 2007 Posts: 911 Location: USA Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 6:53 pm    Post subject: How cute... but I thought humans weren't supposed to touch baby birds? _________________ #23 Back to top uncle aj Keeper of lost marbles Status: Adrian Favourite Watch: TT GMT Ceramic Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 4524 Location: Work, Saudi Arabia..Home Bolton, England Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 7:20 pm    Post subject: ABS wrote: How cute... but I thought humans weren't supposed to touch baby birds? We have a registered bird ringer, in fact he's a ringer trainer as well.  He has the permission from the British Trust for Ornithology and the Bahrain Natural History Society to carry out the task.   _________________ I'd feel lost without my GPS Uncle AJ's, an equal opportunity dictatorship. It wasn't a dress!! Back to top ABS Old hand Status: "Mireyna" Favourite Watch: the ones that work right! Joined: 11 Sep 2007 Posts: 911 Location: USA Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 3:37 am    Post subject: uncle aj wrote: ABS wrote: How cute... but I thought humans weren't supposed to touch baby birds? We have a registered bird ringer, in fact he's a ringer trainer as well.  He has the permission from the British Trust for Ornithology and the Bahrain Natural History Society to carry out the task.   Okay I get that, but don't the mother birds abandon the babies with human scent? _________________ #23 Back to top uncle aj Keeper of lost marbles Status: Adrian Favourite Watch: TT GMT Ceramic Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 4524 Location: Work, Saudi Arabia..Home Bolton, England Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 5:16 am    Post subject: ABS wrote: uncle aj wrote: ABS wrote: How cute... but I thought humans weren't supposed to touch baby birds? We have a registered bird ringer, in fact he's a ringer trainer as well.  He has the permission from the British Trust for Ornithology and the Bahrain Natural History Society to carry out the task.   Okay I get that, but don't the mother birds abandon the babies with human scent? No, that doesn't happen.  You can see from the pictures that they round up any stragglers and guide them back to the crèche.  We ringed one two years ago that was picked up in Mumbai.    Most birds are trapped in mist nets, ringed and released but with terns, your only opportunity is when they can't fly.  We have peregrine falcons nesting in my home town in England and these were ringed in the nest and the parents did not abandon them.  All care is taken to make the process as quick and stress free as possible.  This is why there's a long training period and tests carried out before you are allowed to do it.   _________________ I'd feel lost without my GPS Uncle AJ's, an equal opportunity dictatorship. 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