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Kōrero: Bird migration

Mistnet for banding birds

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Mistnet for banding birds

Ornithologists are preparing a mistnet to catch migratory shorebirds in order to band them. The three on the left, David Melville, Keith Woodley and Rob Schuckard, are involved in research and conservation of migratory waders in New Zealand and at other sites along the flyways.

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University of Otago

by Phil Battley

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Christina Troup, Bird migration – The phenomenon of migration, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/7210/mistnet-for-banding-birds (accessed 5 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Christina Troup, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.