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| To: | "Peter Shute" <>, "birding aus" <> |
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| Subject: | Ian May's leg flag message |
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| Date: | Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:28:04 +1100 |
Peter
I was thinking the same thing - the surface area of a leg flag would seem
to be inconsequential and certainly less than a misaligned feather.
The colour flagging protocol on the AWSG website states; "In smaller
shorebirds, one flag will be attached to the right tibia, and one to the
right tarsus. The metal band would be attached to the left tarsus." I
assume that tibia means tibiotarsus and tarsus is tarsometatarsus. If that
is the case, I imagine that it would not be possible for a flag to pass
over the joint so that both end up on the tibiotarsus.
David
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27/03/08 04:08 PM Re: [Birding-Aus] Ian May's leg
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Is it really possible for leg flags to cause any bird to be unable to stand
in a 25 knot wind? Is it possible that this bird was weak for some reason?
Peter Shute
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