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Data for each bird is recorded on paper and then entered into a computer
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By blowing on the bird's chest researchers can see fat and cloacal development to measure health and breeding phenology
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Tiny blood samples are taken from the bird and are put through genomic analysis to determine bird health
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Data for each bird is recorded on paper and then entered into a computer
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After the data on the birds are recorded the birds are released back into the wild, unharmed, and the nets are removed.
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Researchers set up and open the mist net, used to safely capture birds
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Graduate student Madison Sutton stretches the mist net through an opening in the forest
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Researchers set up and stretch out the mist net, used to gently capture birds
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Bird decoys are set up near the mist net to lure in curious or territorial birds
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Field technician Haley Martens sits quietly to wait for birds to fly into the mist net
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Birds are safely removed from the mist net and are held for data collection and measurements before being released
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A tiny aluminium band with a unique ID number is placed on the leg of the bird
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A tiny aluminium band with a unique ID number is placed on the leg of the bird
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Calipers are used to measure the length of the tarsus, or leg bone
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Madison Sutton measures health of the newly banded birds by blowing on the bird's abdomen to measure fat and breeding phenology.
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The bird is placed into a cotton bag and is weighed
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After all measurements, the bird is released, unharmed, into the area where it was captured
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The mist net stretches across an opening in the forest
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A guage is used to measure the diameter of the leg of a bird and determine the correct band size
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A Chestnut-backed Chickadee is placed into a cloth bag and weighed on a scale. This guy weighed about 8 grams. That's like 8 paperclips.
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A Chestnut-backed Chickadee just before release
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Field technician Halay Martens (left) and graduate student Madison Sutton (right) at the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest