How did you keep the birds from flying away?

A surprising number of people have asked me how we kept the birds from flying away in the pictures like this. Were the birds specially trained? Drugged? The answer is simple, people: We held onto their legs. This is a Slate-throated Whitestart (being held by its legs).

2nd day mist netting

July 31st 2006
Because our group's nets were relatively unproductive the day before, today we moved our nets to a much higher location on an exposed ridge, with a very sharp drop to one side. Larry joked that we would be catching vultures and Andean Condors in them. We did get a lot more birds today. In the afternoon I did vegetation sampling with Mauricio and Giovanny. Mauricio is the older and has known Du ... read more

South America » Ecuador » North » Mindo

The "Republic of the Equator" was one of three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Colombia and Venezuela). Between 1904 and 1942, Ecuador lost territories in a series of conflicts with its neighbors. A b... ... read more

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