Gidday Everyone I do not comment very much on Birding-Aus these days as I hate getting my head bit off but I am interested in the Banding of Birds done recently by the Canberra bird banders. Can someone please explain to me why there is a need to head off to one of our bush reserves and start banding the local birds, what purpose in this day and age does it achieve and who gave this group the authority to do this. If someone was staying and constantly monitoring for a special purpose maybe I can deal with that, but to go to a place and set up nets then go off and set up camp and leave the nets unattended ( maybe a presumption on my part ) is just not responsible at all and after the birds are banded what then? Is someone going to do detailed research on them? In this day and age unless it is absolutely necessary to save a species Bird Banding NEEDS TO STOP! Recently I have personally seen a bird that had ceased to live because of being caught in a mist net AND THAT IS ONE BIRD TO MANY! Geoff Jones Barra Imaging — This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com
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Geoff I respect your views, and will not even attempt to justify my differences in opinion (which would likely have little impact on your position anyway), but will make the following minimalist responses to some of your comments. “*what purpose in this day and age does it achieve*” – a huge amount of information on morphometrics, breeding biology, life history and longevity etc is generated from bird banding and is still relevant in this day and age. “*who gave this group the authority to do this*” – we are all licenced banders, through the national Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme, administered through the Department of Environment. The project is fully authorised, requires an annual report to be submitted each year and, together with the Charcoal Tank banding site has been ongoing for over 30 years, providing one of the longest continuous bird monitoring studies in the country. “*to go to a place and set up nets then go off and set up camp and leave the nets unattended is just not responsible at all*” – After erecting the nets they were left furled, not open, when we went back to set up camp. Nets are never left open and unattended, but are checked at roughly 30 minute intervals. Harvey Perkins Canberra On 13 October 2014 16:28, Geoffrey Allan Jones < gjo48414@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
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