Friday, November 9, 2012

One nocturnal bird of prey at last!

Yesterday evening, we did a second Water Rail session. The session started slowly and the nets were empty for a while. As we were ready to call it a day, we captured 1 Water Rail and it convinced us to continue a bit longer. We did the right choice since we ringed 6 Water Rail after all and we captured a Water Rail which had been ringed in Belgium. 

And last but not least, during our last round, we captured our first nocturnal bird of prey of the ringing station: a Long Eared Owl!

Mesuring the wing's lenght on a Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus).

Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus).


Long Eared Owl (Asio otus).

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