Week 2: Canning River Delta Camp Photos

 
Bownet
Pictured here is a closeup of the bownet we use to catch shorebirds on their nests.  The net is a very fine mesh, and does not harm them at all, while being very effective at capturing them so that they can be banded.  

 


 

 

 Brian Searching
Brian searches for shorebirds on one of our sunny but very cold and windy afternoons.  It takes a long time to find a nest on the tundra!This week we have been working hard to band the many shorebirds whose nests we have found.   

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

Nest
Shorebird nests are very cryptic, which makes them hard to find.  Even up close they blend into their surroundings.

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 
Disappearing nest
When you step back a few paces, the nest all but disappears.  

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 GPS Units
Every few days we need to download all of the waypoints from our 8 GPS units, so we can share information on all the nests we have each found.  It’s one of many data management tasks we need to keep up on, while also putting in long days in the field.
 

Posted by Stephen Brown Tue, June 22, 2010 - 16:45

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