Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 09/21/2007 - 08:44
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Greenland Seabird Ecology

What did the birds do when you caught  them ; did they try to get out of the net?

 

Fri, 09/28/2007 - 18:04

Mary Anne Pell…

Hi,Yes, the birds frantically tried to escape.  A few times a bird was able to wiggle their foot free, but most often they were stuck.  We had to grab them by the chest, holding their wings down so they wouldn't fight too hard, and work to free the foot.  Every once in a while, they kept fighting and we would slip, letting them go.
 
Mrs. P-D