13 Training Beginners: Bird Measurements

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Preface X
4. Introduction XVII
5. Part I: The Passerine Station
6. 1 Methods of the Field Work 2
7. 2 Passerine Station Field Equipment 8
8. 3 Passerine Station Laboratory Equipment 31
9. 4 Arrangement of the Netting Area 51
10. 5 Using Catching Devices 62
11. 6 Passerine Station Laboratory Methods 81
12. 7 Passerine Station Laboratory Working Routine 118
13. Part II: The Wader Station
14. 8 Wader Catching Techniques 129
15. 9 Wader Station Laboratory Equipment 145
16. 10 Wader Station Laboratory Methods 148
17. 11 Wader Station Laboratory Working Routine 159
18. 12 Wader Counts 160
19. Part III: General Issues
20. 13 Training Beginners: Bird Measurements 164
21. 14 Bird Mortality and Welfare 166
22. 15 Ringer’s Safety and Health 176
23. 16 Alternative Methods of Holding and Measuring Birds 184
24. 17 Non Standard Ringing Procedures 193
25. 18 Julian Date and Pentade Numbering 198
26. References 201
27. List of Figures 203
28. List of Tables 209
29. Index 210